Mag-o-meter location

Another One Down

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January 8th 2009
Today was another long day. Early breakfast followed by sorting things out with people back home. The HF Antenna did not come with a preamp or a means of acquiring the data, and the solar panels were not working properly. Out at Willy I oriented and buried the magnetometer, which has to be aligned with the local magnetic field in order for the x and y axes to be meaningful (both are perpendicul ... read more

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Speculation over the existence of a "southern land" was not confirmed until the early 1820s when British and American commercial operators and British and Russian national expeditions began exploring the Antarctic Peninsula region and other areas sou... ... read more