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Friday, Dec. 4

We were to meet Bob at breakfast a little after 7:00 - to go to radio shack at 8:00 to hear Annexstad's call-in and to chalet for briefing at 8:30. It all went on schedule. We met Gisela and Zeller at breakfast; had seen them briefly last night and this AM. 
  
We all went to radio room and they introduced us there to Dagmar - from U. of Wash. She wants to collect ice for 2 days at Allan Hills. She told me the sad story of the Allan Hills expedition
1982: 
- John and Ludolf flew up there Nov. 14
Worked 4 days
were snowed & blowed in for 10 days: -30[[degree sign]] wind 20-30 knots
one time they feared to lose the tent. 
Then JoA needed dental emergency work. 
They Flew to McM last week for a day or two. 
We talked w. him this am & he says they are getting something done now -- plan to come in one week from today. Friday, the 11th.

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[[underlined]] Monday, Dec. 2. [underlined]] To catch up quickly: 

[[underlined]] Friday [[underlined]] at 8:30 we had our 1st formal briefing. Sitting upstairs in chalet w NSF & Navy staff. They sounded [[plus or minus sign]] optimistic about getting Bob to N.V.L. & G & me to Granite Harbor. Ex. aspect of our program outlined by us & them.

At ll:30 we waited to talk to John Schutt during the daily radio contact w N.V.L. Camp. He has found no meteorites yet. Looks v. doubtful if G & I will go up there. 

We were assigned at briefing to survival school beg. Sunday evening. [[strikethrough]] But [[/strikethrough]] So we went to garage to check out Snowmobiles: how they work & [[??]] inside. Made a date for trying them out w instruction Sat at 1:00. I learned there is a beauty parlor (wash & blow-dry) in barber shop now. By appt. only. I made an appt. for 5:15 & got a marvelously refreshing shampoo from a N.Z. woman who got the job by answering an ad in the paper. 1st season for such service. She did not like my permanent: said lots of strands never got suff. waving lotion. If she gave me a perm that looked like that in 2 months she would lose her business! So she trimmed the ends as well as blowing dry. Afterward, as I waited upstairs for Bob & Gh. for supper, the snowmobile man come in & tell me our date is off: we three leave for survival school tomorrow morning.

Dinner & to officers club at ~8:30. I learned the pleasure of white wine on the rocks.