Dale Andersen: Our research in the perennially ice-covered lakes of Antarctica involves long, hard days, but they are always fun and exciting.
Date/Time: Wednesday, December 1, 2010 11:00AM PacificPresenter: David Gilichinsky (Russian Academy of Sciences) Abstract: The terrestrial cryosphere is the only widespread and rich depository of viable ancient organisms on Earth. […]
7-14 February 2011Marrakech, MoroccoAbstract Submission Deadline: 7 January 2011Sponsored by the European Space Agency (ESA) Topical Team, Geomicrobiology for Space Settlement and Exploration. Organizers: Charles Cockell (Open University, UK), Oliver […]
Dale Andersen: During the Pavilion Lake Research Project (PLRP) field season of 2009, Dr. Ian Hawes and I made several night dives.
Underwater video taken with my Sony PMW-EX1 in a Gates Housing of ongoing research in Pavilion Lake. Dr. Ian Hawes is seen measuring photosynthetic competency within the microbialite structures. The […]
The Northwest Passage Drive Expedition team of six departed Resolute Bay, Nunavut, on 5 May aboard the Mars Institute’s Moon-1 Humvee Rover and two snowmobiles. After encountering several days of […]
An international team of researchers led by Mars Institute scientist Dr. Pascal Lee successfully reached Devon Island, High Arctic, on Sunday, 16 May, 2010 after a 13-day, 150 km vehicular […]
There’s not much in the ice-covered lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys to interest anglers looking to land the big one. But for scientists who want to know more about […]
The “Martha T. Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica” is a US $100,000 unrestricted award presented to an individual in the fields of Antarctic science or policy that […]
The 39+/-2Ma Haughton impact structure on Devon Island comprises a thick target succession of sedimentary rocks, mainly carbonates. The carbonates contain pre-impact organic matter, including fossil biological markers. Haughton is […]
