![McGill Arctic Research Station (MARS) Last night (28 March 2009) McGill Arctic Research Station (MARS) located at 79 deg 26′ N, 90 deg 46’W [Photo credit: Dale Andersen]](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DSC_4299.m.jpeg?resize=1200%2C720&ssl=1)
Dale Andersen: Some photos from current activities at McGill Arctic Research Station located on Axel Heiberg Island at 79o26′ N, 90o 46’W.
Editor’s note: I got an email from astrobiologist Dale Andersen (@daleandersen on Twitter) just before 8 pm EDT tonight telling me to get on Skype. Dale is currently working at […]
The following Twitter posts were made by Dale Andersen at @daleandersen from McGill Arctic Research Station (MARS) on Axel Heiberg Island on 27 March 2009:
Methane (CH4) is an important greenhouse gas in the Earth’s atmosphere, accounting for approximately 20% of the observed greenhouse effect. With an atmospheric lifetime of about ten years, methane levels […]
![Apple laptop being used by Wayne Pollard to communicate via satellite dish. [Photo: Dale Andersen]](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mac.dish_.lrg_.jpg?resize=1200%2C720&ssl=1)
Dale Andersen: Here are a few more pictures and words for you regarding the CSA/McGill University Satellite system here at the CSA camp at Expedition Fiord on Axel Heiberg. Note […]
Friday Today the helicopter came in! The hike to our first site on the volcano was much shorter than the one in Ebbadalen, but since we had the use of […]
Dale Andersen: Keith – We arrived in Resolute Friday evening but we are still in here awaiting better weather. Its been cloudy with periods of light snow and rain along […]
“We tested equipment that we are developing to look for life on Mars and discovered a rare and complex microbial community living in blue ice vents inside a frozen volcano,” […]
The current mean temperature on the equator of Mars is a blustery 69 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. Scientists have long thought that the Red Planet was once temperate enough for […]
Ok, well, this is it folks, one last email and then I’m on a plane back to LA. I’ve been in New Zealand for a bit and I’ve finally had […]
