Winds have picked up and visibility has dropped to under a half a kilometer. White out conditions will likely continue through tomorrow. Update (later): The winds picked up today and […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 1 November 2021: Getting The Snowmobiles Packed
Another good day working with our cargo, the large traverse sled used to carry it all and working with the snowmobiles. We will likely head to Novolazarevskaya Station tomorrow since […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 31 October 2021: Gear Prep At Novo Station
We had our first full day here at the ice-runway at Novo Station. We spent most of the day getting several of our snowmobiles working and that have been in […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 30 October 2021: Novolazarevskaya Station
Dale Andersen reports that he has arrived via na IL-76TD-90VD aircraft at Novolazarevskaya Station aka “Novo”. After this year’s gear is collected and stowed the traverse to Untersee Oasis will […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 29 October 2021: Heading Back To Untersee Oasis
Dale Andersen: While at Untersee Oasis, we will continue our studies of Lake Untersee and it’s stunningly beautiful and interesting ecosystem. This year we will again be diving beneath its […]
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Raman Spectroscopy And Planetary Exploration: Testing The ExoMars/RLS System At The Tabernas Desert (Spain)
ExoFit trials are field campaigns financed by ESA to test the Rosalind Franklin rover and to enhance collaboration practices between ExoMars working groups. During the first trial, a replicate of […]
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Two Decades of km-resolution Satellite- And Ground-based Measurements of the Precipitable Water Vapor in the Atacama Desert
The Atacama Desert has long been established as an excellent site for submillimeter observations. Yet identifying potentially optimal locations for a new facility within this region can require long field […]
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Potential For Life In Lakes Isolated Beneath Antarctic Ice
In a study published in Science Advances, researchers from Imperial College London, the University of Lyon and the British Antarctic Survey have shown Antarctic subglacial lakes may be more hospitable […]
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Astrobiologist Kennda Lynch Uses Analogs On Earth to Find Life On Mars
If we find life on the Red Planet, we’ll have astrobiologists like Dr. Kennda Lynch to thank. Lynch is an astrobiologist and geomicrobiologist studying life in extreme environments on Earth […]
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Video: Drone Footage Of Lake Untersee, Antarctica
Dale Andersen: A quick video tour of Lake Untersee using drone footage I captured including views of our camp, a drive across the lake from our camp to the pressure […]