News – Page 54 – ANSMET, The Antarctic Search for Meteorites

Shakedown Trip

December 10, 2014

Today we got to got out into the field locally and try out our gear. We also got to put into practice our brand new snowmobiling skills that we learned yesterday. We started the day by taking all of our gear to the transits zone and loading it onto...

in McMurdo…on the first try

December 5, 2014

Hi all! Sorry for the delay in posting. We did make it to McMurdo on our first attempt. The flight was excruciatingly long, cramped and, for the most part, excessively hot, but the important thing is that we made it! The couple of days since then have been a whirlwind...

Live From The Field

November 6, 2016

up, up and away…… we hope

December 2, 2014

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...

More on clothing distribution

December 2, 2014

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...

Today is clothing distribution day.

December 1, 2014

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...

A very big plane

November 29, 2014

Things I’m thankful for…..

November 27, 2014

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,...

Short update from McMurdo

November 26, 2014

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...

blogging with Iridium satellite phone

November 25, 2014

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...

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