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Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 19 February 2026: Return Overland Traverse From Lake Untersee

By Keith Cowing
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Dale Andersen
February 19, 2026
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Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 19 February 2026: Return Overland Traverse From Lake Untersee
Dale Andersen and his research team have completed their traverse abs have arrived at the Ultima Air Base — Garmin/Google Earth

Dale: Arrived UAL airbase about 2:45 on UTC/GMT after a 5 hr 45 min drive across the polar landscape! Very windy morning but great ride back!

Keith: Dale and his team broke down their research base at Lake Untersee and packed it for transit. They departed by snowmobile and followed their standard route back to the Ultima Air Base. They will now store gear for future expeditions and pack other things for the return to home in a few days.

More updates to follow.

Traverse route between Lake Untersee and Ultima Air Base

Keith’s note: Astrobiologist Dale Andersen is heading back in Antarctica at Lake Untersee in January-February 2026 for another field season of research.

Dale and I have been proving research updates – from Antarctica – since 1996. We think we actually had the first webserver (located in my old condo) updated from Antarctica. More details here: Dale Andersen’s 1996 Antarctic Field Research Photo Albums

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Keith Cowing

Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na’Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp veteran, (he/him) 🖖🏻

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