Month: November 2016

All, We’ll attempt OIB’s final science mission today,  “Larsen D 01”. John Sonntag preparing to participate in a “Facebook Live” session on the NASA DC8 PastedGraphic-1.pdf

All,   OIB flew our 24th mission today (equaling the DC8 Antarctic mission record), completing the Larsen D mission successfully. There were a few cloud patches on some of the flight lines (which did cover

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OIB will attempt the “English Coast 01” mission today, with many VIPs and a video crew onboard. Video crew recording footage of pre-mission briefing. PastedGraphic-2.pdf

All, The “English Coast 01” mission was successfully completed today. The survey area near the open water had a few cloud areas at the end of the flight lines near the open water, otherwise all

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All, OIB will attempt the ” Abbott-Venable 01 ” mission today on a sunny nice morning in Punta Arenas. Weather image of the science region today which was valuable in today’s decision to fly (thanks

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All, OIB will fly the Hamilton Line East today. Today’s mission has been renamed from “Pole Hole 88 East” to “Hamilton Line East” and is dedicated to the memory of Gordon Hamilton, a colleague and

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All,   OIB traveled a long way at high altitude today, traveling over the South Pole Station, and then descending to 1500′ above the Antarctic Plateau to fly the eastern side of a circuit around

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All, OIB will attempt the “South Peninsula” mission today. Sunny and calm winds this morning at Punta Arenas. “super moon” setting this morning over Punta Arenas Chile   PastedGraphic-5.pdf

All, A very successful South Peninsula mission was completed today, in almost perfect conditions (a few patches of fog on the first glacier, followed by sunny blue sky conditions and calm winds the remainder of

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All, OIB will try the “Abbott 02 ” mission, on a sunny windy Punta Arenas morning. Joe MacGregor and John Sonntag intently studying the weather images and models this morning, preparing to make a mission

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