30 November 2015 A Day with Project SIMPLE and it's Robot, Artemis

Team Walking to Helicopter
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Tired But Happy I am writing this journal at 2 a.m. My face is red and still stings a little from the windy snowmobile ride back from the field camp where I have just spent 15 hours. My research team is hopefully fast asleep in their tents out on the Barwick Valley. They will soon be waking up

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29 November 2015 Sunday, Balmy Sunday

Scott Base
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Research Update Today our research team prepared for their trip to the Barwick Valley. If the weather permits, they will fly to the sampling site at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning. They will spend the night camping in the Dry Valleys, so they need to make sure they are prepared. I also may have an

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28 November 2015 Thankful at McMurdo

Thanksgiving Table
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Thanksgiving Festivities Although Thanksgiving was two days ago in the U.S., we celebrated it today. Even though it wasn't officially Thanksgiving, it still felt festive and special here at the station. ### Turkey Trot I started the day with a Turkey Trot -- a 5K race that goes from McMurdo

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27 November 2015 Back in Time

Michelle Brown in front of Discovery Hut
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Research Update Although it is Thanksgiving in the United States today, Thanksgiving isn't until tomorrow here in McMurdo Station. Our team continues to make preparations for their upcoming trip to the Barwick Valley. I also started preparing for our upcoming [webinar on December 1st](https://www

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26 November 2015 A Continent, a Lake and a Glacier

Michelle near Canada Glacier
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Research Update It has been a whirlwind week here at B518. We went out on a helicopter flight again today. This time we flew to the continent of Antarctica. Up until now we have been collecting samples around Ross Island, but today we went to Lake Frixell, which is in the Dry Valleys. ## The Dry

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25 November 2015 Cape Royds or Bust!

Inside Cape Royds Hut
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Research Update Today the team made preparations for their upcoming camping trip to the Barwick Valley,which is in the Dry Valleys. In the afternoon we flew to Cape Royds to collect sediment samples. Cape Royds is used as a control site since most of the land is not disturbed by humans. However

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24 November 2015 Samples and History at Cape Evans

Michelle Brown in Cape Evans Hut
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Research Update Today our research team collected sediment samples at Cape Evans near two helicopter landing sites. Tomorrow afternoon our team will hopefully go to Cape Royds to sample sediments. Also, today is my birthday. My research team made sure everyone knew by having me parade around

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23 November 2015 Adventure Tomorrow, Preparation Today

David and Megan
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Research Update Today we are preparing for our future work collecting sediments on Ross Island and beyond. Carl and Andrew are using software to locate past sampling locations, camp sites and other areas where the land may have been disturbed in the Dry Valleys. Hopefully we will visit the Dry

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22 November 2015 A Snowy Sunday

McMurdo Station from above
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Time to Recharge Sunday is the one day each week where our team doesn't have a lot of science work to do. I was grateful for a day to sleep in, eat a late brunch, and catch up with my family on the telephone. When I stepped outside, McMurdo Station was covered in a blanket of snow. I also

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21 November 2015 Seals at Turtle Rock

Weddell Seals
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Research Update Today our team went to Turtle Rock to collect our last sediment samples from the seafloor. Turtle Rock is about 8 miles from McMurdo Station and is less affected by humans than our seafloor samples at the Station. Divers, including team member Terry Palmer, collected sediment

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