ANSMET

Also known as Antarctic Search for Meteorites

ANSMET (Antarctic Search for Meteorites) is a program funded by the Office of Polar Programs of the National Science Foundation that looks for meteorites in the Transantarctic Mountains. This geographical area serves as a collection point for meteorites that have originally fallen on the extensive high-altitude ice fields throughout Antarctica. Such meteorites are quickly covered by subsequent snowfall and begin a centuries-long journey traveling "downhill" across the Antarctic continent while embedded in a vast sheet of flowing ice. Portions of such flowing ice can be halted by natural barrie

Key facts

Organization.name: ANSMET
Organization.image: Meteorite Recovery Antarctica (retouched).jpg
Organization.caption: Recovery of a meteorite in Antarctica
Organization.map: AntarcticMeteoriteLocationmap.jpg
Organization.mcaption: Location of meteorites collected across the Transantarctic Mountains
Organization.purpose: Find meteorites in Antarctica
Organization.location: Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Case Western Reserve University
Organization.parent_organization: Office of Polar Programs of the National Science Foundation