{"id":3068,"date":"2017-12-13T17:42:48","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T22:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/?p=3068"},"modified":"2017-12-13T17:42:48","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T22:42:48","slug":"a-phone-call-from-shackleton-glacier-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/2017\/12\/13\/a-phone-call-from-shackleton-glacier-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"A phone call from Shackleton Glacier Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3070\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3070\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3070 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2017\/12\/13173732\/IMG_1235-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2017\/12\/13173732\/IMG_1235-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2017\/12\/13173732\/IMG_1235-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2017\/12\/13173732\/IMG_1235-1170x1560.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2017\/12\/13173732\/IMG_1235-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2017\/12\/13173732\/IMG_1235-350x467.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>It just didn&#8217;t seem right to post without a picture of a snowy landscape. This is my dog Bentley. \u00a0He likes snow.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>I got a call from Jim Karner at Shackleton camp a little while ago and thought I&#8217;d share what I learned.<\/p>\n<p>First, everyone is doing great, \u00a0at Shackleton, \u00a0and Team A&#8217;s transition up to the Mts. Emily, Cecily and Raymond area (the Grosvenor Mts) is well underway. \u00a0They&#8217;ve sent three flights out already and have at least one more to go. \u00a0Site is beautiful and it&#8217;s windy out there, \u00a0which doesn&#8217;t make for a comfortable team, \u00a0but makes the pilot&#8217;s lives much easier. \u00a0Because of the winds they&#8217;ve decided NOT to send the team up to stay until the last flight, but if things go well they&#8217;ll all be out there by the end of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the recon group (heading out to Nodtvedt Nunataks) should get their first flight in today. \u00a0Like the systematic team, \u00a0they need at least four flights, with the limiting factor being snowmobiles (one per person, one per flight, \u00a0that equals four). \u00a0They are unlikely to get into the field as a whole today.<\/p>\n<p>It was great talking to Jim, hearing John goofing off in the background, \u00a0and it was a good connection which let me hear the sounds of Shackleton camp. \u00a0That included the unmistakeable sound of a Twin Otter feathering ts props as it taxied or turned around. \u00a0The Twin Otter at Shackleton is completely, utterly ANSMET&#8217;s for now, no other group at the camp is using it. \u00a0That&#8217;s an awesome way to get this transition done (no competition for the plane). \u00a0 \u00a0Fingers crossed that by this time tomorrow we&#8217;ll be hearing both parties are out in the field and getting ready for the harvest of stars.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>-posted by Ralph from snowy Novelty, OH<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got a call from Jim Karner at Shackleton camp a little while ago and thought I&#8217;d share what I learned.<\/p>\n<p>First, everyone is doing great, \u00a0at Shackleton, \u00a0and Team A&#8217;s transition up to the Mts. Emily, Cecily and Raymond area (the Grosvenor Mts) is well underway. \u00a0They&#8217;ve sent three flights out already and have at least one more to go. \u00a0Site is beautiful and it&#8217;s windy out there, \u00a0which doesn&#8217;t make for a comfortable team, \u00a0but makes the pilot&#8217;s lives much easier. \u00a0Because of the winds they&#8217;ve decided NOT to send the team up to stay until the last flight,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/2017\/12\/13\/a-phone-call-from-shackleton-glacier-camp\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading&#8230; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A phone call from Shackleton Glacier Camp<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":3070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[18,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2017\/12\/13173732\/IMG_1235.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3068"}],"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=3068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3071,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3068\/revisions\/3071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}