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The Antarctic search for meteorites: return to civilization
The team returns to civilization, having completed their Antarctic mission.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: snow ends the season
The team wraps up their collection activites.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: tantalizingly close to the 500-meteorite mark
The season total is at 489, tantalizingly close to the 500 meteorite barrier.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: bad days make for more blog fodder
Writer's block strikes the expedition, as the group continues to collect meteorites.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: 237 meteorites await the long drive to Houston
Fifty-five meteorites are collected by the team in a single day.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: not for the impatient
The team makes progress while facing extreme weather conditions.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: put-in at last; week of productive searches
A week of productive searching near the Davis Nunataks.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: more waiting; runway's ready; ralph goes home
As the team waits, the runway is finished, and Ralph makes an exit.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: waiting
The team is delayed for a week in McMurdo.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: preparations
The team arrives in Antarctica to prepare for the expedition.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: in Christchurch, New Zealand
The rest of ANSMET's team are in Christchurch after a long, long session of travel.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: introduction
ANSMET will post blog entires on their research during their 33rd field season.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: who's going, and where we are going
A summary of the 2008-2009 expedition team, and where they will go to hunt meteorites.
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