A lot has happened over the past week! RAID is fortunate to be located in a fairly protected area rimmed by the Minna Bluff ridgeline, which seems to keep low clouds and ground fog – common in the McMurdo area – at bay. Last Friday the last three members of our RAID...
We’re really making solid progress out at the RAID camp. The carpenters finished up their work to raise the camp structures, they have a water system up and running, and the drillers have been experimenting already with different approaches to augering through the...
The RAID traverse team arrived at Minna Bluff on Saturday ahead of schedule. Hooray! After making good time on the first part of the traverse, they safely passed across the second glacial shear zone on their route to the drill site. These are very treacherous zones...
Today is officially Thanksgiving in McMurdo! In order to keep a regular work-week, our holiday feast here is pushed back to Saturday. Everyone in town is looking forward to one of the most special meals of the year, plus it is a rare two-day weekend which gives folks...
We’ve now been deploying people to ‘the ice’ in stages over the past few week. First the initial drill engineering group made it to Antarctica in late October, followed by a couple more of the drilling crew, and finally the rest of will arrive on the...
As of today, we are 99% ready for traversing out to Minna Bluff! The crew working under Chris has done an exceptional job getting everything ready, and they’ve also had good support in turn from the McMurdo Station staff to lift modules onto skis with a crane,...
