Today is clothing distribution day.

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...

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Things I’m thankful for…..

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,...

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Short update from McMurdo

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...

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John and Brian are in McMurdo

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...

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