Hi all, no pic from me this am because I'm camera deficient. It's 5:28 am and like the rest of my crew we're getting all packed up to catch a shuttle to the Antarctic terminal in half an hour. Got my favorite tea in me, had a hollywood...
News
In his post from Dec 1, Ralph promised a full report on the Clothing Distribution Center (CDC). I’m not Ralph (not nearly as handsome!) but will give it a shot. . . Our sojourn at CDC involved first a sobering briefing...
A rainy and pretty cold (7°C) pre-dawn morning here in Christchurch. After travelling from the US on some very long flights (three of us on a 16.5 hour flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to Sydney) of us met up in the international terminal in Sydney, Australia airport yesterday, and after long...
My apologies for a more personal posting today, but it is Thanksgiving here in the US after all. Here's a list of things I'm thankful for, mostly ANSMET related......
....the amazing support we've gotten from the planetary community. Without the hundreds of you who joined us in the field,...
Just got off the phone with John in McMurdo. Things going pretty well there, but still plenty to do too. John and Brian (who are tenting together) took care of their food pull already, and they're going to use a lot of the food left cached at CTAM...
Hi all, this is a pre-season test of our blog posting system. The attached pic was taken with a small portable camera, transferred to the ipad with an SD card reader, resized to about 640x480 with the simple resizer app, and then attached to this mail composed and sent...
Packing Challenges
With less than a week to go the realities of packing for the trip are setting in. For the past few months I have been collecting things that I think I might need or want. They have been collecting in a large pile in my spare bedroom. Now...
With one week to go, how am I feeling about this upcoming adventure? Grateful.
Grateful for the opportunity to be an ANSMET team member and go to the coolest place on Earth…
Grateful for all my friends and family who are as excited about this adventure as I am…
Grateful for everyone...
Just before dinner tonight John and Brian called me from McMurdo Station. They report that they arrived in McMurdo late on Wednesday after limited delays (just a few hours) in Christchurch. Yesterday they experienced a gateway event for all Antarctic Science groups, the In-Brief. This is basically a very quick...