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Monthly Archives: January 2017

Mapping and Sampling

January 19, 2017by ancientmoraines Leave a comment

As I hope you gleaned from earlier posts, Roberts Massif is a truly massive place. For scale, our farthest sampling site was ~5 miles away as the crow flies. This […]

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What was the weather like, you ask?

January 19, 2017by ancientmoraines Leave a comment

(because I know you all are curious) As Holly mentioned in a previous post, we had surprisingly manageable weather for Antarctica. Temps hovered around -10°C (14°F) the entire trip, but […]

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2016 Field Season

Camp Life

January 16, 2017by ancientmoraines Leave a comment

Our remote field camp was located on snow just off the margin of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet and on the edge of Roberts Massif. To access this, we took […]

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Back in the States

January 12, 2017by ancientmoraines 7 Comments

Sorry for the radio silence! We had an incredibly successful field season, but things got busy there towards the end. I didn’t have the chance to call Holly with an […]

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