http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/ BLAST at McMurdo Station, Antarctica &mdash; Austral Summer 2006 en Copyright 2006, Gaelen Marsden Mon Dec 4 12:45:55 2006 Mon Dec 4 12:45:55 2006 gmarsden@phas.ubc.ca gmarsden@phas.ubc.ca http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/thumbs/Antarctica0430_thumb.jpg http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/ 200 133 BLAST at McMurdo Station, Antarctica &mdash; Austral Summer 2006 I am now safely at home and well rested. The trip home was long, but http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061204114846 We've spent the last couple of days inside working on the gondola. A http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061130190509 It's been a while since I posted. We've been busy. Some of us took http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061128155822 Ed arrived on Thursday, in time for dinner. Afterwards, Don, Marie, http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061124203827 After dinner last night, a bunch of us hiked up <a http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061122171741 Short post today, due to general lack of new photo subjects. Due to http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061121145835 Most of yesterday was spent tracking down ground loops in the gondola http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061118212135 Yesterday we performed more noise tests and sealed up the electronics http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061116152039 Having accomplished the first set of lab tests with no large http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061114084306 More optics testing. We performed FTS measurements and near-field http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061111143510 Work on the gondola continues. The fluid balance system has been http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061109164600 We continue to work on the gondola while we wait for the liquid helium http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061107094511 While the cryostat cools, we continue to mount things on the http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061106120625 Not much to report, today. It's a cloudy day, so no new scenery pictures http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061104170905 Not much to report today. We continue to build up BLAST at a relaxed http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061103162618 Last night part of the cryo team stayed at work for an extra couple of http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061102150632 The second wave arrived last night, as scheduled. We met up for http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061101150339 <strong>A day in the life of an Antarctic Long Duration Balloon http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061031160343 We've had a busy couple of days. Sunday involved unloading the large http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061031092316 Yesterday was our first day of work. We spent the morning unloading http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061029095146 Today was the big day. The trip to Antarctica! We left the hotel at http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061027222900 We were outfitted with our Extreme Cold Weather clothing this http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061026221619 <a href="http://chile1.physics.upenn.edu/blastpublic/">BLAST</a> is once http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~gmarsden/antarctica_2006/index.html#20061026095655