Journal Entry
It’s official, everybody!
After a long year of waiting, the Velvet Ice project is back on!!
Last year during the government shutdown, most of the scientists and staff were evacuated out of Antarctica, and WAIS Divide was closed down for the winter.
![Leaving Antarctica during the shutdown.](/files/resize/members/yamini-bala/images/antarctic_shutdown-500x333.jpg "Scientists and staff are lined up to board flights during the US Government "Shutdown" in 2013.")
Scientists and staff are lined up to board flights during the US Government "Shutdown" in 2013.
As a result, our research project was pushed back by a year.
Now, after all these months of waiting, we finally got our expedition dates. I will be leaving Chicago on December 1, 2015! The countdown begins now!!
That leaves me just about two months to get ready... and there is a lot to do!
Over the next few weeks, I will be posting more information about the necessary training for Antarctic deployment, including the physical, academic, logistical, and even spiritual preparations to undergo before I hit the ice.
Stay tuned!
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