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On the Ice
Downtime in McMurdoThis past week has been a quiet one for Mark and I. But when it’s quiet for us, that usually means it’s hectic elsewhere. There has been a storm parked over West Antarctica for the past several days now. A … Continue reading
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Ground blizzard!Mark and I escaped a close one a couple days ago. On Saturday, 14 November, we flew helo to Linda AWS, a site about 40 miles southeast of McMurdo. We planned to install a new power system, raise the station, … Continue reading
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5 AWS visitsMark and I have hit a pretty good string of flying since I last updated you all. Since White Island AWS, we have flown to 5 other AWS: Cape Hallet (for the second time), Emilia, Vito, Ferrell and Margaret. Some … Continue reading
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White Island AWS, and a Science TalkFourth times a charm. Mark and I visited White Island AWS yesterday, 4 November, to do a station inspection. It was our fourth day of being on the helicopter (helo) schedule to visit the site. (For the record, helo flights … Continue reading
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Cape Hallett AWSAntarctica is a harsh continent. It’s harshness comes in many forms. Some are obvious: the cold, the wind, the seclusion. Others manifest themselves through seemingly benign circumstances. Mark and I went to Cape Hallett this past Monday, 26 October, to … Continue reading
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We are back in McMurdo!It’s that time of year again! The AWS Program has returned to McMurdo to continue maintaining our gold-standard network of surface meteorological observations! This year, our work will be split between two teams of two field members each. The first … Continue reading
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End of AWS Field Season 2014-2015Hi Everyone! Sorry to leave you all hanging for the past month! We left the continent 3 February, then took some time off and got back to the office about 2 weeks ago, but I figured I should finish explaining … Continue reading
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Windless Bight and Cape Bird AWSHey Everyone! This past week has easily been my favorite of the season! Dave and I had the opportunity to snowmobile out to Windless Bight and then once Lee and Elin got back from WAIS we were able to all … Continue reading
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South Pole Telescopes, SPICECORE, and Henry AWSAs Carol said, I’ll be talking about a few more of the things we did while we were at South Pole, including our second and final station visit to Henry AWS. We were to do pretty much the same thing … Continue reading
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Getting to South Pole and visiting Nico AWSHello Again! Dave and I got back from the South Pole on Saturday, January 17th after completing AWS visits at both Nico and Henry. This post will talk about a couple of things we did while we waited nine days … Continue reading
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