Dale.Amon@FAS.RI.CMU.EDU (11/19/85)
I'm curious if Scott Sandford's antarctic trips are with Dr. Cassidy. I may have seen you in some of his slides if you were...
sas@wuphys.UUCP (Scott A. Sandford) (11/22/85)
In article <8511191016.AA01592@s1-b.arpa>, Dale.Amon@FAS.RI.CMU.EDU writes: > I'm curious if Scott Sandford's antarctic trips are with Dr. Cassidy. I may > have seen you in some of his slides if you were... As a matter of fact, my trip was with Bill Cassidy! Bill is the man in charge of ANSMET (Antarctic Search for Meteorites), a field program that is funded by USARP (U.S. Antarctic Research Program), a division of the NSF (National Science Foundation). Okay, that's enough initials for now. Whether you've seen me in some of his slides or not depends on which field season he showed you, since a different crew goes down every year. I was along on the 1984-1985 field season to the Allen Hills. I should mention to people who are interested in learning more about these expeditions that there will be a short article on the 1984-1985 season coming out in EOS soon (probably by the end of this month). The journal should have a photo of a natural rock arch on the cover. I spotted the arch during our expedition and it's presently believed to be the world's southern most natural arch! Our expedition was also filmed for inclusion in a documentary called PLANET EARTH which will be airing on PBS. The series has 7 parts and will be starting January 22. Our segment should be in the 3rd part, which is entitled Quest for Genesis, and is probably about 5 minutes long. I haven't seen the film, but a friend has and she says the whole series is well worth seeing. As to whether you would remember me even if you had seen me, I will give you the following useless clues. I had a beard (of course, every other male member of the expedition did too). I wore glacier glasses that covered much of my face (just like everybody else). I wore a red USARP anarak (just like everybody else). I wore white "bunny boots" (something that not everybody prefered). As you may have guessed by now, it's hard to tell who's who once you have on all your cold weather gear. We had trouble telling each other apart in the field sometimes. I have a great picture of our entire crew lined up on a windy day and I'm fond of asking my friends to point me out in the picture. Three fourths of them get it wrong (my wife did too). Oh well, so much for getting a big Hollywood break from by spot on the PBS series. I'd be happy to answer any other questions people might have.