Hi all, a little third-hand news courtesy of friends in McMurdo. The four ANSMET people who had been stranded for so long in McMurdo made it to CTAM late yesterday after one of the wierdest, longest delays in our 35+ year history of field work. They...
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NPR's Weekend Edition managed to do a story on ANSMET this morning, including a satellite phone call with the gang at Miller Range recorded a few days ago. You can read the story, listen to the broadcast and/or download it HERE (NPR.ORG)
There are a number of errors...
Whoever said “Life’s good but not fair at all” knew what he was saying. Here’s the perfect example: all of us stuck at McMurdo were on a backup mission to two primary missions flying this morning. One of them got cancelled due to weather early in the morning which...
Okay, just got an update from both Alex and Manavi that they're still in McMurdo but hopeful for today.
Manavi said......." We didn't make it out yesterday. We are backup to a Union Glacier and Pole flight today (28th) and the Union Glacier flight just got cancelled about an hour ago...
No posts from either team in the last two days strongly suggests the mcmurdo group are finally on the move. As noted previously, the folks already at Miller Range don't have a lot of electrical capacity so they're not posting, and if they're on the move, the McMurdo...
Christmas dinner is ready.
The McMurdo branch of the ANSMET team: Jim, Morgan, Manavi and Alex.
Manavi has a B-day on Dec-24, Jim on Dec-26. What a coincidence!
Manavi spent a part of her birthday at the beach.
Sunbathing at the McMurdo beach. It is different from Hawaii beaches.
We are pretty far from...
Greetings from McMurdo, where half of the ANSMET will be spending Christmas! Two LC-130s arrived here yesterday from Christchurch so we were optimistic about getting out to CTAM today. Getting the Herc that's currently stuck at the South Pole back to McMurdo is the priority for flights on continent...
I just got off the phone after talking to the half of our people that are in the Miller Range. They are in a fantastic mood, very upbeat and feeling fine. They haven't posted a blog in a while because they have very limited ability to charge up electronics;...
We woke up today at Miller Range to low clouds and a light dusting of snow. It's been like this off and on for a few days here. The reason we are getting snow all the way up here is the same reason our comrades didn't get to fly...
Ralph here- got a short update from the gang still in McMurdo- yes, you read that correctly, they are still in McMurdo. I received emails from Jim and Manavi. Jim says that there's a broken LC-130 at South Pole Station and saturday's only LC-130 mission (Friday our time) is...