Expedition 1998 Updates

The Antarctica expedition team has been transmitting data since November 15, 1998. Images, video, technical reports, daily notes, and weather conditions have all been sent back to CMU. Select from the list below to view the various kinds of data received:

Update Calendar: View data sent back each day.
Technical Information: Get all the information on each of the Winter 1998 Antarctica Expedition goals.
Weather_Information: See a complete list of Antarctic weather data since November 1, 1998.

Update Calendar

Click on a day to view daily notes written by William Cassidy, technical reports, images, and video.

October, November, December 1998

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Oct 25	26	27 Daily Notes	28 Daily Notes	29 Technical Report, Daily Notes	30 Daily Notes	31 Daily Notes
Nov 1 Daily Notes	2 Daily Notes	3 Daily Notes	4 Daily Notes	5 Daily Notes	6 Daily Notes	7 Daily Notes
8 Daily Notes	9 Daily Notes	10 Daily Notes	11 Daily Notes	12 Daily Notes	13 Daily Notes	14 Daily Notes
15 Images, Technical Report, Daily Notes	16 Rover Autonomy Report, Daily Notes	17 Rock / Meteorite Classification Report, Daily Notes	18 Images, Steering Report, Daily Notes	19 Technical Report, Daily Notes	20 Generator Problem Report, Daily Notes	21 Rock / Meteorite Classification Report, Daily Notes
22 Video, Meteorite Search Report, Daily Notes	23 Daily Notes	24 Technical Report, Daily Notes	25 Technical Report, Petrography Report, Daily Notes	26 Daily Notes	27 Daily Notes	28 Daily Notes
29 Daily Notes	30 Daily Notes	Dec 1 Daily Notes	2 Daily Notes	3 Rock / Meteorite Classification Results, Daily Notes	4 Rock / Meteorite Classification Results, Daily Notes	5 Radar Report, Daily Notes
6 Daily Notes	7	8 Images, Petrography data	9	10	11	12

Technical Information

Choose from the list below to get information about the following technical aspects of Nomad's expedition.

Robotic Rock / Meteorite Classification

Autonomous Polar Navigation

Landmark Based Localization

Coverage Pattern Planning
Millimeter Wave (MMW) Safeguarding Radar
Robotic Ice Mobility
Meteorite Search at Martin Hills and Pirrit Hills
Petrography Experiment

Weather Information

This weather information is provided courtesy of the Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil de Chile - Grupo Patriot Hills.

Date	Min. Temp. (`^O`C / `^O`F)	Max. Temp. (`^O`C / `^O`F)	Min. Wind Chill (`^O`C / `^O`F)	Max. Wind Chill (`^O`C / `^O`F)	Wind Direction	Wind Speed (knots)	Pressure (hPa)	Conditions
11/1/98	-35.8 / -32.4	-30.9 / -23.6	-68.0 / -90.4	-53.0 / -63.4	SW	8-20	878.3	Clear, blowing snow
11/2/98	-31.4 / -24.0	-24.0 / -11.2	-61.0 / -77.8	-53.0 / -63.4	SW	15-50	870.0	Partly cloudy
11/3/98	-23.5 / -22.0	-22.0 / -7.6	-56.0 / -68.8	-24.0 / -11.2	SW	5-53	888.3	Clear
11/4/98	-26.6 / -21.9	-21.9 / -7.4	-38.0 / -36.4	-21.9 / -7.4	W	2-12	892.5	Clear
11/5/98	-25.8 / -22.8	-22.8 / -9.0	-35.5 / -31.9	-25.0 / -13.0	NW	3-10	881.5	Overcast, snow crystals
11/6/98	-22.2 / -19.5	-19.5 / -3.1	-42.5 / -44.5	-19.8 / -3.6	W	0-14	889.9	Overcast, snow
11/7/98	-24.5 / -20.5	-20.5 / -4.9	-44.0 / -47.2	-22.1 / -7.8	S	0-12	881.6	Overcast to clear, blowing snow
11/8/98	-23.4 / -20.3	-20.3 / -4.5	-56.0 / -68.8	-23.0 / -9.4	NNE	0-45	886.5	Clear
11/9/98	-21.9 / -16.2	-16.2 / 2.8	-41.0 / -41.8	-21.9 / -7.4	W	0-30	887.9	Clear
11/10/98	-20.3 / -17.7	-17.7 / 0.1	-39.0 / -38.2	-20.0 / -4.0	NNE	3-18	888.0	Partly cloudy, snow crystals
11/11/98	-22.1 / -19.9	-19.9 / -3.8	-34.5 / -30.1	-20.4 / -4.7	SW	0-9	889.8	Overcast, snow
11/12/98	-20.5 / -15.0	-15.0 / 5.0	-22.5 / -8.5	-15.0 / 5.0	W	0-4	887.4	Clear, snow crystals
11/13/98	-22.1 / -16.2	-16.2 / 2.8	-24.0 / -11.2	-16.6 / 2.1	NW	0-3	886.0	Cloudy to clear
11/14/98	-18.5 / -13.0	-13.0 / 8.6	-18.5 / -1.3	-14.8 / 5.4	Steady	Steady	886.7	Partly cloudy to clear skies
11/15/98	-15.0 / 5.0	-10.2 / 13.6	-42.5 / -44.5	-10.2 / 13.6	SW	0-45	881.0	Partly cloudy to clear skies, blowing snow
11/16/98	-21.6 / -6.9	-15.0 / 5.0	-44.0 / -47.2	-33.0 / -27.4	SW	8-40	884.9	Clear, low blowing snow
11/17/98	-20.7 / -5.3	-18.9 / -2.0	-46.0 / -50.8	-32.5 / -26.5	SW	5-35	879.7	Partly cloudy
11/18/98	-22.3 / -18.1	-19.0 / -2.2	-46.5 / -53.5	-31.0 / -23.8	SW	8-18	878.8	Partly cloudy to overcast
11/19/98	-21.1 / -6.0	-19.8 / -3.6	-44.0 / -47.2	-21.0 / -5.8	SW	5-25	886.9	Partly cloudy to clear skies
11/20/98	-22.0 / -7.6	-19.8 / -3.6	-42.0 / -43.6	-22.0 / -7.6	SW	3-15	897.3	Clear skies with flying snow
11/21/98	-20.6 / -5.1	-17.6 / 0.3	-48.0 / -54.4	-38.0 / -36.4	SW	18-30	886.1	Clear skies with flying snow
11/22/98	-18.2 / -0.8	-17.3 / 0.9	-40.0 / -40.0	-28.0 / -18.4	SW	7-25	889.7	Clear skies to partial
11/23/98	-18.2 / -0.8	-13.9 / 7.0	-41.0 / -41.8	-28.0 / -18.4	S	8-30	889.8	Overcast and blowing snow
11/24/98	-15.2 / 4.6	-13.6 / 7.5	-32.0 / -25.6	-14.0 / 6.8	SW	0-15	885.1	Overcast to partial
11/25/98	-18.3 / -0.9	-13.3 / 8.1	-32.0 / -25.6	-15.0 / 5.0	SW	3-13	886.6	Partial
11/26/98	-18.5 / -1.3	-13.8 / 7.2	-36.0 / -32.8	-14.0 / 6.8	W	0-13	887.2	Partial

Robotic Search for Antarctic Meteorites 1998
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