Four bleary-eyed men wearing grease-smeared tan jackets or red parkas emerge from what first appears to be a leftover prop from a Mad Max film. Nine silver smokestacks tower above […]
On The Road to Lake Untersee: We are completely packed up now, using the Everest tracked vehicle, pulling two sleds behind it. The first sled has most of our gear, […]
On The Road to Lake Untersee
The team is on the ice, having arrived ok at Novolazarevskaya Station yesterday afternoon. We had a solid day of work today getting gear together; the snowmobiles are now up […]
In chambers that mimic Mars’ conditions, University of Michigan researchers have shown how small amounts of liquid water could form on the planet despite its below-freezing temperatures.
We have completed our work here at Lake Obersee, accomplishing most all of our objectives despite a late start due to stormy weather. Today we started repacking gear and preparing […]
We made the first dives beneath the thick, perennial ice (3.6 m) of Lake Obersee yesterday. It was nice being back under the ice again, and its always interesting. […]
We have had pretty nice weather the last two days so we have taken advantage of it with a fair amount of work. Today we put up the tripod that […]
The weather today was quite nice. While a bit windy, it was sunny all day which was a nice change of pace. We completed the dive hole this afternoon, and […]
Today’s weather is a major improvement over what we have seen the last two weeks while in Antarctica. This really is the first day of beautiful blue skies, sunshine and […]
