Hi, \u00a0it’s about 8 pm east coast US time on Wednesday (23 January) as I write this. \u00a0I just got done with a pleasant half-hour catching up with John Schutt. \u00a0Here’s the highlights…..<\/p>\n
-865 meteorites, give or take a few meteo-wrongs. \u00a0Awesome total, higher than expected. And a higher percentage of non-ordinary-chondrite specimens than we usually expect at Davis Ward. Nothing really big though- John says “only a few grapefruits and a lotta grapes”.<\/p>\n
-MUCH less new ground covered this year than planned because the team kept finding new meteorites in old places. \u00a0John estimates that over 50% of the finds this year were in areas others had searched previously. Part of is is excellent condition (lack of snow cover), part of it is excellent sample-hawks (John specifically calls out Hosey, Elena and Paul for their bird-dog-like determination).<\/p>\n
-The remaining four (Paul, Sheridan Brian and Jim) are en route<\/em> from Davis Ward to McMurdo as I write this. \u00a0Hosey and Johnny Ringo scheduled to fly north to Christchurch today, Elena’s on the schedule tomorrow.<\/p>\n That’s it from me for now- I’d rather the people that were actually there tell you the stories.<\/p>\n -from dismal Cleveland, \u00a0Ralph<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi, \u00a0it’s about 8 pm east coast US time on Wednesday (23 January) as I write this. \u00a0I just got done with a pleasant half-hour catching up with John Schutt. \u00a0Here’s the highlights…..<\/p>\n -865 meteorites, give or take a few meteo-wrongs. \u00a0Awesome total, higher than expected. And a higher percentage of non-ordinary-chondrite specimens than we usually expect at Davis Ward. Nothing really big though- John says “only a few grapefruits and a lotta grapes”.<\/p>\n -MUCH less new ground covered this year than planned because the team kept finding new meteorites in old places. \u00a0John estimates that over 50% of the finds this year were in areas others had searched previously.<\/p>\n