In case of the latter, pack an emergency kit for the trunk that, at the least, contains jumper cables, a flashlight, icescraper, flares or warning triangles, extra gloves and hats, blankets, snacks, a first aid kit and a small snow shovel and a bag of sand or cat litter to help should your car get stuck in the snow.
Controllers had been trying to get an ice sample into TEGA for weeks but struggled with a scraper and rasp on the probe's robotic arm -- items designed to grind the ice for study -- Boynton said.