{"id":2587,"date":"2016-11-27T01:57:24","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T06:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/?p=2587"},"modified":"2016-11-27T01:57:24","modified_gmt":"2016-11-27T06:57:24","slug":"sunday-night-news-everyone-flying-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/2016\/11\/27\/sunday-night-news-everyone-flying-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday night news- everyone flying tomorrow?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Twin Otter pick from a few years ago. Sorry for the repost, it’s all I’ve got tonight.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Hi all, \u00a0 it’s Sunday night about 7:30 pm for us here in McMurdo, and there’s a little bit of news. \u00a0John and Duck are on the schedule to fly to Elephant Moraine tomorrow morning, \u00a0 and Brian and I are on the schedule to fly to Shackleton Camp and along the way\u00a0reconnoiter\u00a0the targets for the main part of the field season. \u00a0These are both Twin Otter flights, \u00a0so we don’t have too many hoops to jump through; \u00a0we check by phone at about 7:30 AM that things are still on, \u00a0and then we get picked up outside our dorms about a half-hour or so later. Of course Duck and John have been getting ansy, since they’ve been on and off the schedule since wednesday. \u00a0Brian and I are more starstruck- getting on the schedule quickly and having it look good for flight first time is pretty lucky. \u00a0 The weather’s looking good for both flights.<\/p>\n

If all goes according to schedule, by this time tomorrow John and Duck will be at Elephant Moraine (the subdivision we informally call Meteorite City) and Brian and I will be at Shackleton Camp. \u00a0Brian and I are scheduled to return to McMurdo late on tuesday, \u00a0while John and Duck will be out at Elephant until Monday. All the flights are easily delayed by weather. \u00a0 \u00a0Because of this, \u00a0I doubt we’ll be posting to the blog for a few days. \u00a0Meanwhile, \u00a0the remainder of our team is in the air on their way across the pacific to New Zealand- they should all be in christchurch by mid-day Monday (our time). \u00a0Very hopeful that Brian and I will be back in McMurdo to greet them as they arrive.<\/p>\n

Here’s hoping for more good weather tomorrow! \u00a0It would be nice to get the show on the road.<\/p>\n

PS: \u00a0Thanks to all the ANSMET vets out there sending us well-wishes, \u00a0many of whom reminding me\u00a0how lucky we are to be missing all the politiking and blustering and other news madness. \u00a0We see it, \u00a0but one slowly-downloaded story at a time. \u00a0Trust me, this is one place where anticipation doesn’t make it better. So this is for you, my “aren’t you lucky you aren’t here” friends-\u00a0a link to a story that combines the holiday spirit with the sense of impending disaster\u00a0in subtle,\u00a0not-at-all-subtle and very humorous ways. \u00a0 I LOL’ed.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/dear-2016-i-made-you-this-ornament-it-s-a-dumpster-fire\/402757886\/<\/a><\/p>\n

PPS: \u00a0Go Browns! \u00a0Make it 1-11!<\/p>\n

-posted by Ralph from McMurdo<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi all, \u00a0 it’s Sunday night about 7:30 pm for us here in McMurdo, and there’s a little bit of news. \u00a0John and Duck are on the schedule to fly to Elephant Moraine tomorrow morning, \u00a0 and Brian and I are on the schedule to fly to Shackleton Camp and along the way\u00a0reconnoiter\u00a0the targets for the main part of the field season. \u00a0These are both Twin Otter flights, \u00a0so we don’t have too many hoops to jump through; \u00a0we check by phone at about 7:30 AM that things are still on, \u00a0and then we get picked up outside our dorms about a half-hour or so later.<\/p>\n

Continue reading… Sunday night news- everyone flying tomorrow?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[15,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2588,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587\/revisions\/2588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}