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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Status Report 2 December 2012, Lake Untersee, Antarctica

by Keith Cowing

Keith’s note: Dale Andersen just phone in his latest status report from his base camp at Lake Untersee, Antarctica. Dale was able to make his first dive under the ice […]

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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 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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Astrobiologists Discover Strange Benthic Microbial Mats in Lake Untersee, Antarctica

by Keith Cowing

Photosynthetic microbial mats forming large conical structures up to half a meter tall have been discovered by astrobiologists in Lake Untersee, Antarctica. This research is described in an article in […]

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