{"id":467,"date":"2013-12-08T13:26:53","date_gmt":"2013-12-08T13:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artscilabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/?p=467"},"modified":"2014-11-12T16:40:46","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T21:40:46","slug":"learning-the-ropes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/2013\/12\/08\/learning-the-ropes\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning the ropes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hello all,<\/div>\n
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It\u00a0was a quiet early\u00a0Sunday\u00a0morning in McMurdo Station\u00a0that\u00a0allowed me time to quietly drink coffee and write some emails, (I know this is obvious to those that received my emails) before our team\u00a0visited Scott’s 1902 Discovery Hut for a tour to\u00a0learn about\u00a0the ongoing progress of the Antarctica\u00a0Heritage Foundation restoration efforts. The restoration is being done to stabilize the hut and to install a barrier to keep moisture from forming in and around the\u00a0framework of the building, that will prevent decay and structure movement.\u00a0All\u00a0artifacts are being carefully\u00a0curated and will be returned when the project is near completion.\u00a0\u00a0Following\u00a0more personal preparation and brunch (everything here is all you can eat including Frosty Boy soft-serve ice cream, so I struggle), we attended\u00a0our safety and survival lectures.<\/div>\n
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One of the fundamental philosophies of effective safety and survival in the field reminded me of the Vulcan precept, “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one”. To that end we discussed some key concepts taken from the National Outdoor Leadership School and NASA Astronaut Office sources\u00a0to facilitate\u00a0team success. “Take CARE, HELP others, Take ACTION, RESPECT your teammates, and serve the needs of the MANY (CHARM).\u00a0This acronym can be thought of as the guiding mantra for good expeditionary group interactions and governs all that we do. John and Jim shared\u00a0proven strategies to\u00a0help handle the\u00a0hazards and\u00a0challenges associated with living and working\u00a0in the coldest, highest (average elevation), driest, most remote\u00a0location on the planet. Following our discussions John\u00a0lead us in some hands on practice with rope rescue techniques, which while fun was more difficult than he made them look.<\/div>\n
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At this point we have “pulled” most of our gear and food, except for frozen food which happens\u00a0Monday. All our necessaries are or have been packaged and prepared for\u00a0entry into the logistics network, known as the “cargo stream.”\u00a0Most of\u00a0our gear and supplies travel separately before us, except for what we wear and\u00a0hand carry into the field. The optimum situation then is to reunite with all our essential supplies at transition hubs and our field camp.<\/div>\n
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Our put in date is tentatively set for\u00a0this Wednesday, so keep those fingers crossed as field insertion\u00a0logistics are complex and subject to\u00a0multiple variables. For our part, we are all eager to get to the business of searching for and recovering extraterrestrial visitors trapped in the icy dimension\u00a0we call Antarctica.<\/div>\n
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On behalf of the 2013-14 ANSMET Team (Jim, John, Manavi, Alex, Morgan, and Jani)<\/div>\n
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Best Wishes to all those we left behind and are not currently laboring in the Frozen Continent,<\/div>\n
especially my friends at McNeel Middle School, Turner Middle School, and Loves Park Grade School.<\/div>\n
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Hello all,<\/p>\n

It\u00a0was a quiet early\u00a0Sunday\u00a0morning in McMurdo Station\u00a0that\u00a0allowed me time to quietly drink coffee and write some emails, (I know this is obvious to those that received my emails) before our team\u00a0visited Scott’s 1902 Discovery Hut for a tour to\u00a0learn about\u00a0the ongoing progress of the Antarctica\u00a0Heritage Foundation restoration efforts. The restoration is being done to stabilize the hut and to install a barrier to keep moisture from forming in and around the\u00a0framework of the building, that will prevent decay and structure movement.\u00a0All\u00a0artifacts are being carefully\u00a0curated and will be returned when the project is near completion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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