{"id":1792,"date":"2014-12-22T16:33:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T03:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/?p=1792"},"modified":"2014-12-22T08:10:45","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T13:10:45","slug":"our-first-tent-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/2014\/12\/22\/our-first-tent-day\/","title":{"rendered":"our first tent day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2014\/12\/14203906\/PC220009_smaller-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caption:\u00a0 Shannon enjoying a good e-book.\u00a0 The rising heat from the stove lets us dry out things by hanging them from the top of the tent.\u00a0 So just out of sight above is an assortment of boots and gloves and long underwear and hats, thawing peanut butter and humus and cheese, and five different types of fresh-wipes.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2014\/12\/14203906\/PC220003_smaller-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caption:\u00a0 Beautiful blue sky above but a wall of snow showing the speed of the near-surface winds.\u00a0 The blue\u00a0 solar panel outside our tent give us electricity.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The weather that brought our great first morning of meteorite-collecting to a halt after lunch yesterday continued today.\u00a0 Blowing snow kept us inside all day, giving us our first full tent day.\u00a0 I haven&#8217;t yet gotten the wind speed measured, but the temperature is in the range of -20 C or less (around -10 F).\u00a0 Whatever the wind chill is, it&#8217;s got to be significant!<\/p>\n<p>Tent days give time for housekeeping and leisure or other work activities.\u00a0 In our tent, after receiving the word from Ralph about no meteorite collecting until the weather improved, we snoozed, enjoyed a leisurely lunch, did a bit of cleaning (body and sleeping bags), wrote out Christmas gifts \/ cards for ANSMET teammates, and did some pleasure and work-related reading.\u00a0 In contrast to the chilly weather outside, the temperature inside our tent is a balmy 9 C (~50 F).<\/p>\n<p>Thus, in our first two days, we have gotten to experience both great meteorites collecting and no meteorites collecting!\u00a0 We&#8217;ll see what <span tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_267741375\">tomorrow<\/span> has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>-posted by Shannon and Devon, Dec 22, Davis-Ward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The weather that brought our great first morning of meteorite-collecting to a halt after lunch yesterday continued today.\u00a0 Blowing snow kept us inside all day, giving us our first full tent day.\u00a0 I haven&#8217;t yet gotten the wind speed measured, but the temperature is in the range of -20 C or less (around -10 F).\u00a0 Whatever the wind chill is, it&#8217;s got to be significant!<\/p>\n<p>Tent days give time for housekeeping and leisure or other work activities.\u00a0 In our tent, after receiving the word from Ralph about no meteorite collecting until the weather improved, we snoozed,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/2014\/12\/22\/our-first-tent-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading&#8230; 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