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The field team hiking along a ridge.

The field team hiking along a ridge.
The field team hiking along a ridge.
The field team hiking along a ridge.
The field team hiking along a ridge.
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Linder, Christopher L.
The field team hiking along a ridge.
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12/12/2007
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The field team moves out along a ridge above the Koettlitz Glacier. The sun is due north over the Ross Sea, meaning it's midday. Burke has her rock hammer out, and Kurz is leading us toward the next sampling location. I'm scribbling something in my notebook and trying to soak up the field geology experience. Soule has just taken a photograph of the patterned ground surrounding us, and Chris is behind the camera. After spending six days with this crew, melting snow in the cook tent, sweating over the jackhammer, or taking my first lesson in rock-hammer swinging, I've learned a little bit about each of them.
Image of The Day caption:
A research team from WHOI moves out along a ridge above the Koettlitz Glacier in Antarctica. The sun is due north over the Ross Sea, meaning it's midday. Joint Program student Andrea Burke has her rock hammer out, and WHOI marine chemist Mark Kurz is leading the group toward a rock sampling location. WHOI geologist Adam Soule has just taken a photograph of the patterned ground beneath their feet. Science writer Hugh Powell.
Annual Report caption:
A research team from WHOI moves out along a ridge above the Koettlitz Glacier in Antarctica in December 2007. MIT/WHOI Joint Program student Andrea Burke has her rock hammer out, and senior scientist Mark Kurz (MC&G) is leading the group toward a rock sampling location for studies of how rock weathers in such extreme cold. WHOI geologist Adam Soule has just taken a photograph of the patterned ground beneath their feet. Science writer Hugh Powell (second from right) collected the stories.
Photo by Chris Linder
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