Schutt (pronounced skut) One of the Northwest’s Own Earns Meteoritical Society Award

John W. Schutt grew up in the Northwest as a boy climbing in the Cascades. He now is the backbone of the Antarctic Search for Meteorites program, known as Ansmet. For the past 20 years he has been the one in charge of keeping all the scientists safe and so far he has an undefeated record. The Ansmet program does scientific research on meteorites found on the snow and ice covered expanses of the Antarctic ice sheet. Many of the specimens they discover and perform scientific research on are from Mars. In August Schutt was honored by the Meteoritical Society with its service award for nonresearch contributions to the field.