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<\/a>The two\u00a0teams are going to different places and have different goals; \u00a0let me describe them both for you. One team is dedicated to systematic searches of icefields we’ve been to before, places where we know there are lots of meteorites to recover. \u00a0 We call that the “systematic” search team (their formal designation within the US Antarctic Program (USAP) is G-058-M). \u00a0The systematic team will be heading to the Grosvenor Mountains region of the Transantarctic Mountains, about 650 km south of McMurdo Station (see theimage). \u00a0They’ll land on an open snowfield near the Otway Massif, \u00a0and then travel to icefields near Mt. Bumstead, the Larkman Nunataks, and around \u00a0Mts Cecily \/ Emily\/ Raymond (the Grosvenor Mts proper). \u00a0If all goes well they’ll deploy to the region in the second week of December and return to McMurdo in the third week of January. \u00a0 That team consists of…..<\/p>\n- \n
- Jim Karner, from Case Western Reserve University (field team leader)<\/li>\n
- Shaun Norman, \u00a0from Twizel, NZ \u00a0(mountaineer)<\/li>\n
- Andrew Beck, from the Smithsonian Institution<\/li>\n
- Tom Sharp, \u00a0from Arizona State University<\/li>\n
- Marianne Mader, \u00a0from the University of Western Ontario<\/li>\n
- Rob Coker, \u00a0from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center<\/li>\n
- Mini Wadhwa, \u00a0from Arizona State University<\/li>\n
- Stan Love, \u00a0from NASA Johnson Space Center.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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The other team is smaller and more mobile; we call them the “reconnaissance” team, \u00a0formally known as G-057-M. \u00a0 Their goal is to explore icefields ANSMET has not visited before (or visited only briefly) and figure out their potential for larger-scale meteorite recoveries. \u00a0 Like the systematic team, they expect to leave McMurdo in the 2nd week of December and return to McMurdo in the 3rd week of January. \u00a0The team will be moving around a lot during that season; \u00a0once a week or more (see the image) by light aircraft (Twin Otter for you airplane nerds). \u00a0During the first part of their season they’ll explore several icefields in the Graves Nunatak\/ Robison Glacier region of the Transantarctic Mountains; \u00a0this is an area we’ve been to before and it has yielded many meteorite specimens. \u00a0But there are also lots of icefields in that region we’ve not visited, \u00a0so the full potential of the region is not yet known. \u00a0About half-way through the season the team will shift northwards along the Transantarctics to the Amundsen Glacier region. Here too they’ll explore a number of icefields whose setting suggests the potential for meteorite recoveries. \u00a0 The reconnaissance team consists of:<\/p>\n
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- John Schutt from Case Western Reserve University, field team leader and mountaineer<\/li>\n
- Joseph Boyce of the University of Hawai’i<\/li>\n
- Katherine Joy from the University of Manchester, UK<\/li>\n
- Tomoko Arai, \u00a0from Chiba Institute of Technology, \u00a0Japan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
As the next 8 weeks go by we’ll fill in the details through daily (or semi-daily) website updates. \u00a0I hope you enjoy the show!<\/p>\n
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-Ralph Harvey, \u00a0Principal Investigator of the ANSMET.<\/p>\n
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ANSMET’s 2012-2013 field season has begun, and is going to be busy. \u00a0 Two teams are on their way to McMurdo Station, \u00a0Antarctica as I write this and should arrive in the next few days. \u00a0Advanced personnel (two mountaineers and the science leader) are already in McMurdo and eagerly awaiting the rest of the teams.<\/p>\n