Amy and I were able to spend the morning (and a fair stretch of the afternoon) with two of B.A.S.s finest. Sandra McInnes and Pete Convey spared no effort in sharing their expertise and advice. A session in the herbarium, where Pete showed us the sort of materials that we might hope to find, got us both very excited. (Bizarre, I know, but enthusiasm is infectious!). Pete was also able to show us pictures of landscapes in the Pensacola and Shackleton ranges that were a reasonable match to the sort of terrain that we should find in the Ellsworths.
Although it is clearly not going to be easy, it is also clear that we should certainly find something. The huge collection of materials were an extraordinary testament to Pete Convey's collecting skills. Equally, Sandra seems able to find tardigrades in dust anywhere on the planet and we were introduced to great pictures of the usual suspects. I can hardly wait to see what we can find.