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 […]
Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Status Report 25 November 2012, Lake Untersee, Antarctica
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.
Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Status Report 24 November 2012, Lake Untersee, Antarctica
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 […]
Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Status Report 21 November 2012, Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica
Received from Dale Andersen Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica, on 21 November 2012 via Iridium email:
Ocean Deoxygenation, Past, Present, and Future
A front page article and supplemental material were published by the American Geophysical Union in the Nov. 15, 2011 issue of EOS on “Ocean Deoxygenation, Past, Present, and Future.” The […]
Away Team Update: A Pre-Mission Conversation With NASA NEEMO 15 Aquanaut Steve Squyres
Over the years NASA has mounted a series of NEEMO (NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations) missions using NOAA’s Aquarius Reef Base located near Key Largo, Florida.
Cycling Nitrogen in Ancient Oceans
In recent years, scientists have found evidence that a ‘near complete’ biological nitrogen cycle existed in the oceans during the late Archean to early Proterozoic (from 2.5 to 2 billion […]
Life In An Antarctic Lake
UC Davis geologists have been using laser scanning and underwater video to capture images of life in an ice-covered Antarctic lake.
Opportunity for one or two graduate students to participate in a field trip to Shark Bay, Western Australia
Application Deadline: February 15, 2011 Roger Summons, PI of the MIT NAI team, is planning a field trip to Shark Bay Australia from June ~11 – 19. Participants include Pieter […]
Video: Astrobiologists Diving Under The Ice In Antarctica: Getting Out of the Water
Dale Andersen: Our research in the perennially ice-covered lakes of Antarctica involves long, hard days, but they are always fun and exciting.
