News – Page 51 – ANSMET, The Antarctic Search for Meteorites

First Catch

December 21, 2014

greetings from Davis Ward! After all those logistic duties and waiting days in McMurdo, I am very proud to announce our first catch of meteorites (and yes, with "s"!!). Everything started early with a cheerful wake-up call from John at 6h40 just to be sure we would be...

The Whole Team at Davis-Ward

December 20, 2014

Our work day began early with a Twin Otter plane buzzing our tents at 8:15 in the morning - this was before we expected it to arrive. We hustled out to meet it and went to work unloading its cargo. We are getting good with this....

Finally in the Field

December 20, 2014

We sent this blog two days ago from the field, but it doesn't appear that the technology worked, so here is a recap. Woo-hoo! The planets aligned and we finally got our C130 flights out to the CTAM transition area. The scenery going across Antarctica was...

Twin Otter flights to Davis-Ward

December 20, 2014

Today half of us got out to our field site - the Davis-Ward Nunataks. The transport was a terrific show of bush piloting and teamwork. We had two Twin Otter airplanes helping us move. Being smaller planes (two props instead of four), they carried a lot...

Twin Otter flights to Davis-Ward

December 19, 2014

Today half of us got out to our field site - the Davis-Ward Nunataks. The transport was a terrific show of bush piloting and teamwork. We had two Twin Otter airplanes helping us move. Being smaller planes (two props instead of four), they carried a lot...

a late evening pressure ridge tour

December 17, 2014

Four of us took the opportunity this evening (Wed Dec 17) to go on a tour of the pressure ridges near Scott Base, the Kiwi base located just a couple of miles down the road from McMurdo Station. It was a bit snowy out so visibility wasn’t great, but...

Team Schutt up and away!

December 17, 2014

John, Vinciane, Brian and Devon are off deck from McMurdo, en route to CTAM camp. They are due to arrive about 4:20 local time, and the next four of us are reporting for travel to the airfield about the same time (4:15). So if you don't hear...

ACTIVATE….DEACTIVATE….ACTIVATE….ACK!

December 17, 2014

Quick update from the exciting hub of McMurdo. The Congressional Delegation (known as "Code L" around here, a very mission-ey sounding term) arrived last night, as did Jim Karner. We were not on the schedule to fly at bed-time last night, but by morning we were, with our first...

Recreation at McMurdo

December 17, 2014

As our days here at McMurdo drag on waiting to head out into the field, we find ourselves searching more and more for entertainment to pass the time. Luckily there is no shortage of pastimes provided by the good people of McMurdo. One of the more obscure and random...

Ralph taking one for team morale…

December 16, 2014

Well, the good news is that the first 1/2 of the team is back on the schedule again for today (12/17). The bad news is that we're back-up for the flight back to Christchurch NZ, which means we seem pretty unlikely to actually fly (since they can land in Christchurch...

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