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Every Lightning Strike
Antarctica Series | Composer's Blog

Every Lightning Strike

Antarctica Series, Composer's Blog

Nov 22 My friend Yuki Takahashi let me tag along today on his daily trip to the top of McMurdo called “Arrival Heights.” It was a pretty brutal place. Today, this snow covered, lunar landscape boasted sustained winds of about 30 mph and gusts up to 60 mph. Yuki monitors six projects for scientists all…

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Antarctica Series | Composer's Blog

Lectures and Concerts

Antarctica Series, Composer's Blog

November 20, 2016  The temperature soared over the couple of days to the low 20s Fahrenheit and some snow started to melt in the warmer spots at McMurdo. Worries of tracking volcanic mud into the dorms were quickly forgotten as the temperature dropped and the snow arrived yesterday. The station is hunkered down today with…

The Election at Yesterday Cap
Composer's Blog | Yesterday Camp

Yesterday Camp – Part 8 – “Tremors from Home”

Composer's Blog, Yesterday Camp

Part 8 Tremors from Home Our seismometers measure earthquakes and icequakes that ripple through the planet and make the ice beneath our feet tremble.  Sadly, we heard a report of a 6.2 earthquake off the eastern coast of New Zealand that is has stranded thousands and has transformed the city of ChristChurch into a refugee…

A rushed Goodbye to Yesterday Camp
Composer's Blog | Yesterday Camp

Yesterday Camp – Part 9 – “A Rushed Goodbye”

Composer's Blog, Yesterday Camp

Part 9 A Rushed Goodbye With the possibility of good weather, our project director Patrick hoped that we would have two teams out in the field today pulling seismometers. Ideally, one team would go to a long distance station in the plane and the second would go to a closer station on the snowmobiles. Unfortunately,…

Yesterday Camp – Part 10 – “The Comforts of Yesterday Camp”
Composer's Blog | Yesterday Camp

Yesterday Camp – Part 10 – “The Comforts of Yesterday Camp”

Composer's Blog, Yesterday Camp

Part 10 The Comforts of Yesterday Camp We arrived an hour later at the sea ice airfield and hopped into the shuttle that passed by Scott Base (operated by New Zealand’s version of the NSF) and crossed over Ross Island to McMurdo Station. I was still clad in all the necessary layers of protective clothing…

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