{"id":3795,"date":"2019-12-06T08:54:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T13:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/?p=3795"},"modified":"2019-12-06T08:54:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T13:54:13","slug":"updates-for-6-dec-flying-or-not-tiny-doors-and-shrinking-brains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/2019\/12\/06\/updates-for-6-dec-flying-or-not-tiny-doors-and-shrinking-brains\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates for 6 Dec: flying (or not), tiny doors and shrinking brains."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alone in Antarctica. See note #3 (from Dave Lindstrom) below.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Hi everyone, \u00a0In addition to Emilie\u2019s recent post, a few other updates and notable emails have arrived at ANSMET central in the last 12 hours, \u00a0so I thought I\u2019d share.<\/p>\n

1. John Schutt sent an email suggesting \u201cflies in the ointment\u201d……. \u00a0\u201c Weather is crap and will be for another couple of days throughout the West Antarctic\/Transantarctic\/ Ross sea\/iceshelf region.\u00a0 It turns out that there is a problem that cropped up with regards to getting the skidoo out to DW.\u00a0 BBV is the only TO (Twin Otter)<\/em> that has a wide door and that is scheduled to go to Thwaites (Which is WAY behind schedule).\u00a0 We were told that we would be using KBX which is with the NZ program but available to USAP.\u00a0 That TO does not have a wide door and they will not load the skidoos on (even though we used to have to do it in the early days before KBA modified KBG, BBV, CKB, etc). So plans are suddenly in disarray with options of sending skidoo to SP then that TO delivering it to DW and we go in via KBX from here to having BBV drop it off on its way to WAIS. to holding sacrificing a goat or a chicken,. to me throwing a tantrum, sobbing and wailing on my knees before falling on my knife.\u00a0 More chaos pending.\u00a0 Hope to get some more clarification later today.\u00a0 God luck with that…\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2014Translation for those who don\u2019t speak Antarctican: We need a Twin Otter to get John, a companion and a snowmobile with snow groomer to Davis Ward to prepare a runway for the larger Basler aircraft which would put our team in; \u00a0but the Twin Otters with big enough doors to carry that gear are not in McMurdo. KBX KBG, CKB and BBV are the call signs for individual aircraft. WAIS and Thwaites are ongoing glaciology camps. SP is South Pole, DW is Davis Ward.<\/em><\/p>\n

2. Jim Karner reports that there are two flights leaving Christchurch for McMurdo this morning, and suggests the team is likely to get out on one of them. \u00a0No additional details but that\u2019s fairly typical; \u00a0often they redistribute the passengers and cargo between the two aircraft fluidly, and the most important part for ANSMET is to be there, ready to fly south. Those flights are likely to depart in the early afternoon, east coast US time. \u00a0Here\u2019s hoping the next thing we hear from them originates in McMurdo!<\/p>\n

3. ANSMET central is pleased to report the arrival of email communications from Dave and Marilyn Lindstrom! \u00a0Both are retired now, but were scientists at NASA Johnson Space Center and played leading roles in ANSMET\u2019s success through the 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s and beyond. Marilyn was Curator of the Antarctic Meteorites at JSC (the position now held by Kevin Righter) for a long time, notably when I was taking over leadership the program and the decade following. \u00a0They currently reside in what I like to think of as \u201cThe Motherland\u201d, \u00a0the area of northern MN, WI and MI surrounding Lake Superior (disclaimer: I\u2019m from there too. \u00a0It really should be its own state<\/em>). \u00a0 But I digress; \u00a0Dave wanted to call my attention to recent, highly-relevant scientific research. \u00a0 I won\u2019t spoil it for you, \u00a0but as Dave says, \u00a0\u201cExplains a lot, eh?\u201d \u00a0See \u201cLonely Antarctic Expeditions\u201d (click for link).<\/a><\/p>\n

4. If you haven\u2019t noticed it yet, \u00a0Jim Karner and I will be hosting a special session at next spring\u2019s Lunar and Planetary Science Conference entitled \u201c50 Years of Planetary Research in Antarctica: Meteorites, Morphology and Missions\u201d. \u00a0 If you\u2019re reading this, \u00a0you\u2019re probably in a position to submit an abstract to that session- \u00a0so please do! \u00a0MAPS is also planning a special issue celebrating the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Yamato Antarctic meteorite concentrations. \u00a0Note I don\u2019t know if they\u2019re accepting submissions for that, \u00a0but I do know I\u2019ll be co-authoring an introduction to the issue.<\/p>\n

5. Finally, recent conversations with Kevin Righter reminded me this 2019-2020 season represents the anniversary of a lot of key events in ANSMET history; \u00a0 So over the remainder of the season I plan to submit posts celebrating those key (and not always happy) moments. \u00a0Stay tuned!<\/p>\n

–posted by RPH from slightly-brighter-than-usual Novelty, OH.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi everyone, \u00a0In addition to Emilie\u2019s recent post, a few other updates and notable emails have arrived at ANSMET central in the last 12 hours, \u00a0so I thought I\u2019d share.<\/p>\n

1. John Schutt sent an email suggesting \u201cflies in the ointment\u201d……. \u00a0\u201c Weather is crap and will be for another couple of days throughout the West Antarctic\/Transantarctic\/ Ross sea\/iceshelf region.\u00a0 It turns out that there is a problem that cropped up with regards to getting the skidoo out to DW.\u00a0 BBV is the only TO (Twin Otter)<\/em> that has a wide door and that is scheduled to go to Thwaites (Which is WAY behind schedule).\u00a0<\/p>\n

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