A camp divided!   
January 10, 2006

Over the weekend our Miller Range camp finally received a dose of wind that began clearing the snow from our search areas. Unfortunately, the winds were not strong enough to c

Back to school?   
January 8, 2006

I guess students soon will be returning to school after the holiday break, if they haven't already. So it's time to answer more of the questions we've received.

ANSMET 05-06 G-058 team weblog entry   
7 January, 2006
Miller Range Camp, Antarctica

We approach the end of our stay at Miller Range Camp. Pull-out may occur any day now. All that remains is for the aircraft to come out. We an

First Hand Cartography   
January 6, 2006

We have noticed whilst analysing our satellite maps that there appears to be a discrepancy between the latitude and longitude lines on the maps and the latitude and longitude nu

A visit to one Scott tent.   
January 3, 2006

Driving towards camp, the first things you see are four Scott tents. Pyramids 10 feet high with an 8 by 8 feet base, they are large and bright yellow. Conspicuous against the

Igloo supplemental.   
January 2, 2006 (cont.)

The Iridium signal has been flaky lately and I wasn't able to upload all the images last time. Here are a couple more pictures of our recent construction project.

Advanced snowcraft class?   
January 2, 2006

Last week Jani began digging the foundation for an igloo in the snowdrift between our tents. A few days ago there was a somewhat spontaneous group effort to finally build the i

HAPPY NEW YEAR!   
January 1, 2006

Welcome to our first posting of 2006! We had another potluck dinner (featuring crackers and hummus, seafood chowder, pork tenderloin, spicy sausage-pasta casserole, and chocola