Dale Andersen's Field Reports

Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 26 January 2018: Traverse To Skallen

By Keith Cowing
Dale Andersen
January 26, 2018
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 26 January 2018: Traverse To Skallen
Dale's Current Location
Dale Andersen / inReach

Dale Andersen sent this message via InReach from Lat -69.673748 Lon 39.402809 at on 26 January 2018 at 12:33:21 PM EST: “Hi Keith, we made it over to Skallen earlier today during a break in the weather. Once we began snowing again so we scrambled to get gear organized and tents up.”

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“Just finished a nice meal and it’s time to turn in. Hopefully the weather improves tomorrow and the next day we have some local work to do then a dive in Skallen Lake the day after tomorrow to collect samples and retrieve sensors place in the lake a year ago. All for now, dale”

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