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AI Researchers Search for Meteorites in Antarcticaantarctica, meteorites,

By Keith Cowing
December 13, 2006
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Follow along as scientists from NAI’s University of Hawai’i Team go on expedition with the NSF/NASA-sponsored Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program. View photos, read about the team and their mission, and stay current with regular dispatches from the “Streets of McMurdo.”

http://www.humanedgetech.com/expedition/ansmet2/

The ANSMET program enables researchers to collect meteorites in Antarctica first hand for scientific study. Over 75% of meteorites are recovered from Antarctica, and more than 15,000 samples have been supplied to over 400 scientists in 32 countries over the last 30 years. [Source: NAI Newsletter]

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