Dale Andersen’s Field Reports
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Status Report 30 November 2012, Lake Untersee, Antarctica

by Keith Cowing

Keith’s note: I spoke with Dale Andersen at Lake Untersee, Antarctica today via satphone. The dive hole has been completed and is about 3 meters deep. Valeri and Vladimir are […]

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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Status Report 26 November 2012, Lake Untersee, Antarctica

by Keith Cowing

With the small 25 cm diameter sampling hole opened in the south basin of Lake Untersee, Valery, Vladimir and Michael collected 30 liters of water that is now being filtered in […]

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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Status Report 25 November 2012, Lake Untersee, Antarctica

by Keith Cowing

Looks like our nice weather may continue for a few days. Today Alfonso, Michael and I installed two small met stations to collect wind/temp/RH at two locations around the lake. 

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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Status Report 24 November 2012, Lake Untersee, Antarctica

by Keith Cowing

We are now fully operational at the Lake Untersee, all the tents are up and the weather has been cooperating nicely with little wind and sunny skies. I guess we need […]

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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Status Report 21 November 2012, Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica

by Keith Cowing

Received from Dale Andersen Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica, on 21 November 2012 via Iridium email:

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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen’s Field Reports: Lake Untersee, Antarctica (Gigapixel Panorama) 7 March 2012

by Keith Cowing

Three and a half billion years ago our planet was quite different and Earth’s earliest biosphere was dominated by microbial communities – complex multicellular organisms were not to evolve for […]

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Video: Astrobiologists Diving Under The Ice In Antarctica: Getting Out of the Water

by Keith Cowing

Dale Andersen: Our research in the perennially ice-covered lakes of Antarctica involves long, hard days, but they are always fun and exciting.

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Video: A Night Dive in Pavilion Lake, British Columbia

by Keith Cowing

Dale Andersen: During the Pavilion Lake Research Project (PLRP) field season of 2009, Dr. Ian Hawes and I made several night dives.

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