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I just got off the phone after talking to the half of our people that are in the Miller Range. \u00a0They are in a fantastic mood, very upbeat and feeling fine. \u00a0They haven’t posted a blog in a while because they have very limited ability to charge up electronics; \u00a0all their solar power stuff is at CTAM camp and the small generator they have is being prioritized for the critical satellite phones. \u00a0Weather is good and they’re hunting for meteorites, but they don’t have enough collection gear to recover the specimens, \u00a0so they’re just flagging them for now. \u00a0The area they are in is made up of lots of little odd-shaped icefields rather than a single large icefield, \u00a0and they’re finding meteorites on these patches, \u00a0so they really have to concentrate and scour every corner of every patch. \u00a0They’re also working in local moraines and doing some reconnaissance. \u00a0 They’ve got plenty of food and fuel for the time being and they’re very comfortable, \u00a0so no worries from a survival standpoint. \u00a0They feel isolated from the rest of the ANSMET family, however, \u00a0calling them “the other team”…… \u00a0but to prove they don’t really feel that way, \u00a0they’ve decided to put off celebrating christmas until the team is made whole again! \u00a0 I think that’s fantastic.<\/p>\n
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Meanwhile Jim and the newbies Alex, Morgan and Manavi are still in mcmurdo. \u00a0The christmas holidays begin right now and so there won’t be any flights. \u00a0A few LC-130’s need fixing and crews get maxed out on flight hours quickly so delays continue. \u00a0But they’ll get a very nice holiday out of it- I’ve been lucky enough to experience christmas in McMurdo and it can be a very fun experience.<\/p>\n
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I hope all our readers will ask Santa for miracle LC-130 cures and a bunch of flight crews that are bored and looking for things to do……<\/p>\n
Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n
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