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2003-2004 USAP
Field Season
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Artists & Writers
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Mr. Guy Guthridge
Program Manager
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W-223-M
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NSF/OPP
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Station:
McMurdo Station
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RPSC POC:
Elaine Hood
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Research Site(s):
McMurdo Station, LaPaz Icefield, Allan Hills, Elephant Moraine, Beardmore Glacier
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Dates in Antarctica:
Early December to early February
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The fallen sky: Eccentrics and scientists in pursuit of shooting stars
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The fallen sky: Eccentrics and scientists in pursuit of shooting stars: Field work with Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) main party and recon team
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Deploying Team Members:
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Christopher A. Cokinos
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Research Objectives:
Chris Cokinos has a contract with Tarcher/Putnam to publish a book combining science, folklore, history and personal narrative showing the importance of meteorites, our fascination with them and the poetry of encountering them—and the true stories about those who become obsessed by rocks from space.
Mr. Cokinos has traveled in the U.S., France, Germany, and Greenland gathering information for this book, retracing the steps of amateur meteorite hunters, interviewing scientists about the latest developments in meteoritics, and seeing how these rocks can inspire humans to meditate on the origins of life on Earth and the effects of cosmic impacts.
Mr. Cokinos will work with Dr. Ralph Harvey’s Antarctic Search for Meteorites project (ANSMET), G-058-M and G-057-M.
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