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En route and in New Zealand | ||
Day 1
- October 25, 2003 - On the way to Christchurch, New Zealand Day 2 - October 27, 2003 - Arrival in Christchurch Day 3 - October 28, 2003 - A Day in Christchurch Day 4 - October 29, 2003 - Flight cancelled |
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Arrival on the Ice! | ||
Day 5
- October 30, 2003 - Take off! Day 6 - October 31, 2003 - A Day at Williams Field |
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Unloading TIGER into the weatherport | ||
Day 7
- November 1, 2003 - TIGER is unloaded and Halloween is observed Day 8 - November 2, 2003 - Uncovering TIGER & the Boss Day 9 - November 3, 2003 - Tying up some loose ends Day 10 - November 4, 2003 - Checking connectors and an interview with the Antarctic Sun Day 11 - November 5, 2003 - Lowering module 1, themal shields and extreme weather Day 12 - November 6, 2003 - Updating quicklook software and a day cut short Day 13 - November 7, 2003 - Garry Simburger and some ANITA guys arrive! |
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TIGER growls |
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Day 14
- November 8, 2003 - TIGER is up and running with aerogel / ANITA
unpacks Day 15 - November 9, 2003 - Communicating through NSBF / ANITA sets up Day 16 - November 10, 2003 - More crazy weather / troubleshooting a CPU problem Day 17 - November 11, 2003 - Crazy weather remains and TIGER hunts for whoppers Day 18 - November 12, 2003 - Cut off from the world / Eric Christian arrives Day 19 - November 13, 2003 - TIGER moving along / Snowschool refresher course |
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TIGER
goes wireless |
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Day 20
- November 14, 2003 - TIGER on the air at Williams Field Day 21 - November 15, 2003 - TIGER in a steady state Day 22 - November 16, 2003 - A day off Day 23 - November 17, 2003 - Another day at the ranch Day 24 - November 18, 2003 - A break in the action Day 25 - November 19, 2003 - A boomerang and the McMurdo crud Day 26 - November 20, 2003 - Bob Binns and Paul Dowkontt arrive! |
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The Final Stretch |
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Day 27
- November 21, 2003 - The ball starts rolling again Day 28 - November 22, 2003 - Another whopper run Day 29 - November 23, 2003 - A day off for me Day 30 - November 24, 2003 - Solar eclipse / TIGER buttons up Day 31 - November 25, 2003 - TRACER's hangtest / installing the TIGER thermal shield Day 32 - November 26, 2003 - The TDRSS test Day 33 - November 27, 2003 - ANITA buttons up Day 34 - November 28, 2003 - Testing the TDRSS data Day 35 - November 29, 2003 - Another day in the prcoess Day 36 - November 30, 2003 - Snows on McMurdo Day 37 - December 1, 2003 - Trapped at Williams Field - Day 1 Day 38 - December 2, 2003 - Trapped at Williams Field - Day 2 Day 39 - December 3, 2003 - Steeped in Snowmounds Day 40 - December 4, 2003 - John Epstein arrives Day 41 - December 5, 2003 - ANITA brings out the antennae Day 42 - December 6, 2003 - Button up Day 43 - December 7, 2003 - TIGER / ANITA / ARIA hangtest Day 44 - December 8, 2003 - A day in MacTown |
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Waiting for Launch |
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Day 45
- December 9, 2003 - Pathfinder launch / Penguin at Ice Runway Day 46 - December 10, 2003 - Charting the launch procedure Day 47 - December 11, 2003 - Dana and Garry leave the Ice Day 48 - December 12, 2003 - The TRACER balloon launch Day 49 - December 13, 2003 - The Women's Soiree Day 50 - December 14, 2003 - At the Coffee Shop Day 52 - December 16, 2003 - Launch tomorrow |
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The Flight of a TIGER |
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Day 53
- December 17, 2003 - The Launch of a TIGER Day 54 - December 18, 2003 - Moving operations to Crary Lab Day 56 - December 20, 2003 - A Setback Day 61 - December 25, 2003 - Christmas at McMurdo Day 64 - December 28, 2003 - TRACER comes down Day 68 - January 1, 2004 - Around again we go Day 70 - January 3, 2004 - Icestock! Day 72 - January 5, 2004 - A TIGER lands on the Ice Day 77 - January 10, 2003 - Leaving McMurdo |
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