{"id":2618,"date":"2016-12-05T02:04:37","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T07:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/?p=2618"},"modified":"2016-12-05T02:04:37","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T07:04:37","slug":"the-boys-are-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/2016\/12\/05\/the-boys-are-back\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boys are Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final push toward our main season began today as another McMurdo work week spins up. Our day started with discussing\u00a0frozen food choices over breakfast, and was followed by “core” training for some of the group. \u00a0Meanwhile Brian and I took care of other miscellaneous\u00a0chores, \u00a0always with our eye on the schedule of flights to Elephant Moraine\u00a0that were to bring\u00a0John and Duck back to town. As for me, \u00a0I had “house mouse” duties in the dorm; \u00a0every month brings some minor cleaning tasks to the residents, \u00a0and so I spent an hour straightening up\u00a0and vacuuming the lounge. Meanwhile Brian put together big “triwall” boxes (4 ft cubic thick-walled cardboard) for organizing and shipping all the stuff each tent pair will need. \u00a0As many of you know, in the field ANSMET puts two people together in each 9×9 foot Scott tent. \u00a0These triwalls\u00a0contain the kitchen kit, stove and tent boxes, personal bags, basically everything the tent and the tentmates\u00a0need for camping except for food and fuel and sleepkits (the latter are now treated as “special” and separate in the cargo system). We are on target\u00a0to get all these things into the cargo system no later than about 3 days before we want to fly (friday and saturday).<\/p>\n

In the afternoon we got a quick lesson on the new, improved solar power stations each tent will have, \u00a0lugged those big heavy things up to the cargo yard, and basically spent some time getting more stuff ready for\u00a0the cargo system. By mid-afternoon we’d pretty much done everything we could at this stage\u00a0so we gave people time off to get their personal gear together. \u00a0Tomorrow morning we’ll be pulling food (a big job) and start formally putting cargo into the system for delivery\u00a0to Shackleton.<\/p>\n

\"hair_cut\"

Ralph is shorn with a rakish sneer.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

In the late afternoon I treated myself to my 2nd professional haircut this year (also\u00a0the 2nd in the last decade). \u00a0 Alex wandered by and was much amused, resulting in\u00a0the picture above. \u00a0Without being too cruel, \u00a0let’s just say that there’s a reason haircuts are an anomaly to Alex. \u00a0As he freely admits, \u00a0the lack of friction on the top of his head creates difficulty in\u00a0keeping a hat on straight. He may just be jealous- when your hair is as luxurious and abundant as mine, \u00a0it can be hard to relate to those less fortunate. And yes, \u00a0I AM getting blonder every year, \u00a0thank you for noticing!<\/p>\n

About 6:30 pm John and Duck finally made it back to McMurdo; \u00a0I went looking and found\u00a0John a few minutes ago as he was rushing to put some personal stuff away, grab a bite to eat and get to the showers. \u00a0 Suffice it to say the Elephant Moraine trip was a success, \u00a0both in terms of meteorite recovery and in terms of improving our understanding of what work we might want to do there in the future. \u00a0 More on how their trip went and what we learned in a future post.<\/p>\n

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

The final push toward our main season began today as another McMurdo work week spins up. Our day started with discussing\u00a0frozen food choices over breakfast, and was followed by “core” training for some of the group. \u00a0Meanwhile Brian and I took care of other miscellaneous\u00a0chores, \u00a0always with our eye on the schedule of flights to Elephant Moraine\u00a0that were to bring\u00a0John and Duck back to town. As for me, \u00a0I had “house mouse” duties in the dorm; \u00a0every month brings some minor cleaning tasks to the residents, \u00a0and so I spent an hour straightening up\u00a0and vacuuming the lounge.<\/p>\n

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