Just as I was sitting down to compose a “what’s up?” email to this year’s field team, an email came in from John Schutt that filled in some details.<\/p>\n
The good news?<\/strong> \u00a0 Morgan, Nina, Cindy and Ellen are due to head toward the airfield about 4 pm East coast US time for their flight to Christchurch. \u00a0Not sure what time takeoff is or what aircraft they’ll have, \u00a0but basically if all goes on schedule they should be in Christchurch Saturday evening their time (the wee hours of the morning Saturday for us).<\/p>\n Also good news (gooder? more good?)<\/strong> \u00a0Jim and Brian are due to be picked up at Miller Range today. \u00a0That may be happening right now; \u00a0they get picked up, \u00a0flown with some gear to the Shackleton Glacier camp, \u00a0and then back to McMurdo. \u00a0A long day of schlepping cargo and flying but if the weather is good, it\u00a0could easily be the most scenic flight of the season, covering the heart\u00a0of the transantarctics. \u00a0I hope they’re keeping their eyes peeled for blue ice fields.<\/p>\n Not so good news?<\/strong> \u00a0 the weather continues foul out in the Elephant Moraine direction. \u00a0So as per the discussion John and I had yesterday, \u00a0our EET recon trip is now officially cancelled for the season. \u00a0Basically by the time they’d get out there and get camp set up they’d only have a few days before they’d have to pack up again, so it’s not a good use of logistical resources. \u00a0 \u00a0We’ll see where we can try again\u00a0during future seasons.<\/p>\n -Posted by Ralph from slowly warming Novelty, OH, \u00a0where we had our 20 inches of snow on Monday and nobody\u00a0panic-bought anything.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just as I was sitting down to compose a “what’s up?” email to this year’s field team, an email came in from John Schutt that filled in some details.<\/p>\n The good news?<\/strong> \u00a0 Morgan, Nina, Cindy and Ellen are due to head toward the airfield about 4 pm East coast US time for their flight to Christchurch. \u00a0Not sure what time takeoff is or what aircraft they’ll have, \u00a0but basically if all goes on schedule they should be in Christchurch Saturday evening their time (the wee hours of the morning Saturday for us).<\/p>\n