Polar Services - Antarctic - Meta-Data Summaries (2007/08 Season) - G-058 Harvey
G-058 Harvey Data Set Name: G-058 Harvey 2007-08 Investigator: PI: Dr. Ralph Harvey Institution: CaseWestern ReserveUniversity POC: Dr. John Schutt Email: john.schuttgmail.com Data Type: PPK GPS Dates: 11/14/2007 - 1/25/2008 Location: Name: Miller Range Coordinates: 83 20 52 S 156 18 31 E Radius: 20 km Data Center: Name: UNAVCO URL: www.unavco.org Email: archive-gps
Summary: The goal of the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) main team for the 2007-2008 field season is full-scale systematic meteorite recovery from icefields immediately west of the Miller Range in the central Transantarctic Mountains. These icefields were first visited briefly by helicopter in 1985, when a single meteorite was found. A second more extensive visit (a few days) in 1999 discovered ~30 meteorites, and detailed reconnaissance in 2003 yielded more than 200 specimens, including a martian meteorite. Our first systematic efforts took place during the 2005-2006 field season; 171 meteorites were recovered during work hampered by significant fresh snow. The field team will establish a central base camp and then begin systematic recovery of meteorite specimens through overlapping transect searches of exposed blue ice.
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