I just got off the phone with John Schutt, \u00a0and here’s the latest news from McMurdo. \u00a0John and Con’s flight to Elephant Moraine is the priority for today, \u00a0so as long as the weather holds (and it looks passable) they’ll be flying out later today, maybe just a few hours. \u00a0this was kind of the “drop dead” day for them; \u00a0if they didn’t fly today we’d probably give up for the season. \u00a0Basically in\u00a0the last week of January McMurdo transitions from doing science to preparing for winter, \u00a0so flights out to the field get harder and harder to justify.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Jim and Brian are still out at Miller Range, basically guarding our gear against all threats. \u00a0They are the backup target for John and Con’s flight, so if the latter don’t fly, maybe the former will. \u00a0Jim and Brian managed to snag a few more specimens- season count is now 569. \u00a0Nice prime number, I like that.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile everyone else\u00a0was in McMurdo sleeping. \u00a0 Seems they had fun at Scott Base last night (see previous posting).<\/p>\n
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-posted by RPH from snowy Cleveland, Thursday 21 January.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I just got off the phone with John Schutt, \u00a0and here’s the latest news from McMurdo. \u00a0John and Con’s flight to Elephant Moraine is the priority for today, \u00a0so as long as the weather holds (and it looks passable) they’ll be flying out later today, maybe just a few hours. \u00a0this was kind of the “drop dead” day for them; \u00a0if they didn’t fly today we’d probably give up for the season. \u00a0Basically in\u00a0the last week of January McMurdo transitions from doing science to preparing for winter, \u00a0so flights out to the field get harder and harder to justify.<\/p>\n