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Russian Antarctic Meteorite Expedition

Postby David Entwistle » Wed Oct 14, 2015 8:48 am

Some news from our colleagues in Russia...

I see from this URFU news page that there'll be a Russian Antarctic Meteorite Expedition. The expedition leader is Victor Grokhovsky. The expedition web site is here. The team's details are here. As far as I can work out they'll be heading to the blue-ice fields around the Wohlthat Mountains near here.
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Re: Russian Antarctic Meteorite Expedition

Postby David Entwistle » Mon Dec 07, 2015 2:13 pm

Tass report that the Russian team will depart for Antarctica on the 14th December for a expedition of twenty days, returning in mid-January.
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Re: Russian Antarctic Meteorite Expedition

Postby David Entwistle » Tue Dec 22, 2015 8:42 am

There's an update from Ural federal University, which indicates that the team are now deployed in the field and will shortly begin their work of searching for meteorites.
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Re: Russian Antarctic Meteorite Expedition

Postby David Entwistle » Thu Dec 31, 2015 2:45 pm

After having to remain in base for six days, due to bad weather, the Russian team are reporting their first meteorite find. Congratulations to the team. I hope they manage to find many more.

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Image from Ural Federal University web site.
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Re: Russian Antarctic Meteorite Expedition

Postby David Entwistle » Mon Jan 25, 2016 6:28 pm

The Siberian Times have a nice report with images of several of the Russian finds.

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