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My dog Apple misses John already.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Hi everyone. \u00a0 A quick post updating progress on this year’s ANSMET field season. \u00a0John Schutt and Brian Rougeux have been in McMurdo since Nov 21, \u00a0the day before the Thanksgiving holiday. \u00a0They report a few things of interest:<\/p>\n

-John and Brian have gone through the various training classes for the umpteenth time, how they stay awake is beyond me. \u00a0They’ve also talked in detail with the Fixed Wing Ops people, \u00a0and they report “no clouds on the horizon for our put-ins”. \u00a0That’s really good news. \u00a0Part of the story is that we’re not using LC-130’s this year, \u00a0which is a blessing; \u00a0those aircraft are apparently weeks behind schedule.<\/p>\n

-John and Brian also spent time with the snowmobile folks; \u00a0we know them really well given how important the snowmobiles are to us. We’ve known for many years that our snowmobiles are getting long in the tooth; \u00a0and in fact the main snowmobile mechanic (James) says all of our skidoos are “…breaking in half and we need replacements”. \u00a0USAP as a whole needs new snowmobiles and the hope is that ANSMET gets a buy-in on a fleet-wide replacement. \u00a0Bad news is that nobody makes a glorified dumpy little snow-tractor anymore (which is what we need). \u00a0Instead the snowmobile market is aimed at fast\/light\/flying-through-the-air-off-ramps performance. \u00a0We will definitely be paying attention to this topic.<\/p>\n

In other news…..<\/p>\n

-Watch for an article (coming out soon) in Harpers about ANSMET’s 1998 season at Graves Nunatak. \u00a0We had a pretty famous author as a field party member that year (Barry Lopez) and he’s finally written about the experience. \u00a0 And no, \u00a0I have no idea if it’s flattering or not; \u00a0I guess we’ll find out!<\/p>\n

-We’ve tested the blogging system successfully. \u00a0 Seems slower than previous years, possibly due to increased data traffic on the Iridium network. \u00a0 But it works, and as usual we’ll hope for daily updates from the field.<\/p>\n

-Finally, \u00a0tomorrow (Thursday, 29 November) \u00a0is ANSMET’s “Main Body” deployment, \u00a0with the remaining six people from this year’s team starting their journey south.<\/span>\u00a0 If all goes to plan they should get to New Zealand about dinner-time Friday (our time) and then fly to McMurdo from Christchurch on Sunday (Our time). \u00a0I hope you’ll all join me as I think happy, safe thoughts for all of them; \u00a0here’s a vote for no lost luggage, empty seats adjacent, \u00a0and surprise upgrades to Business Class for all!<\/p>\n

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Ralph, \u00a0posting from snowy Cleveland OH.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hi everyone. \u00a0 A quick post updating progress on this year’s ANSMET field season. \u00a0John Schutt and Brian Rougeux have been in McMurdo since Nov 21, \u00a0the day before the Thanksgiving holiday. \u00a0They report a few things of interest:<\/p>\n

-John and Brian have gone through the various training classes for the umpteenth time, how they stay awake is beyond me. \u00a0They’ve also talked in detail with the Fixed Wing Ops people, \u00a0and they report “no clouds on the horizon for our put-ins”. \u00a0That’s really good news. \u00a0Part of the story is that we’re not using LC-130’s this year, \u00a0<\/p>\n

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