Heading out

[jay]

Today the winds are much less, there are just a few light flurries, so I'm going out in an hour for a 7-hour traverse into the heart of the crater, gathering gravity measurements around the central anomaly. This will be hopefully added to a paper that was due in May, but has now slipped into August (long enough to add more results ;).

Weather looks to improve, clearing tomorrow and actually being sunny through Friday (!). I'll be leaving for Resolute either Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning, to connect with Thursday afternoon flights back to Edmonton.

Finally... while we're back online after yesterday's storm, the dish is coming down Tuesday. So sometime between Monday and Tuesday lunchtimes, I'll be offline and unavailable by email or IP telephone, probably until reaching Edmonton Thursday evening.

Comments

YAY!

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

For the long traverse (Jay on ATV, yes?) and more data for the paper. And for good weather. More pictures???? Please?

(and what the heck is the "central anomoly"? It sounds like a ST:TNG episode (hey, if it is a pop culture reference that I understand, its probably managed to hit your radar, too).

Not-so-yay on the lack of email or telephone. In fact, probably a downright (pout).

Re: YAY!

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Central anomaly? At the center of the crater... ground zero, effectively... there's a hill, and at that hill is a magnetic field spike (and gravity low). The weather wasn't bad... 35F and drizzle for most of the day, but not windy.