The second half of the ANSMET Systematic Search Team is still here in McMurdo for at least another day or two.\u00a0 The Team and well-wishers had gather in the departure building at the time designated to leave for the airplane.\u00a0 The Team was even fully suited up, carry-on bags in hand. We all thought \u2013 \u201cWow, this deployment might even come off without a hitch!\u201d\u00a0 Wrong!\u00a0 Just as the time of planned departure arrived and our confidence level soared, we were informed that a mechanical problem on one of the airplanes was causing a ripple effect through the entire schedule.\u00a0 This put our Team as a back-up and then as the day passed, it turned into a cancelation.\u00a0 So, as seasoned Antarctic explorers like to say \u201cyou must take it as it comes\u201d.\u00a0 The new people are learning about the life in Antarctic, and most of us are working on our LPSC abstracts.\u00a0 Patience is part of the equipment here! <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Joe Boyce, Dec. 11, 2012, McMurdo<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Team_getting_ready_to_go<\/p><\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2012\/12\/14205226\/Team_getting_ready_to_go.jpg\" "\\"Team_getting_ready_to_go\\"")
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