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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 7 November 2018: Repairing Heavy Damage

“We are still recovering from the damaging winds that trashed the camp, but as soon as things calm down we will get busy and pull it all back together.” “The […]

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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 6 November 2018: Wind Damage

“Our winds have continued unabated likely hitting 40-50 m/s at times.” “We did lose four of our tents yesterday despite our best efforts to save them – the winds were […]

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Underwater Robots Help NASA Plan Future Deep-Space Missions

An expedition that will help NASA search for life in deep space launched today – not with a rocket’s roar, but with a gentle splash into the deep Pacific Ocean.

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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 6 December 2017: Traverse to Novolazarevskaya Station

Dale Andersen sent this via inReach on December 6, 2017 2:47:47 AM EST “Heading back to Novo in an hour nice sunny day. I’m starting my traverse, follow along at […]

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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 29 November 2017: Blizzard Conditions

Received via Iridium 29 November 2017 4:30:03 PM EST: “Hi Keith The earlier weather forecasts were spot on and we have had blowing snow and high winds most of the […]

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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 22 November 2017: Nice Weather

Dale Andersen sent this message on 22 November 2017 3:00:56 AM EST: “We have a second day of nice weather with clear skies and light winds which is quite helpful […]

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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 20 November 2017: Preparing Diving Gear

Dale Andersen sent this message from: Lat -71.33293 Lon 13.45381 on 20 November 2017 5:22:14 AM EST: “Hi Keith: Looks like our weather is improving, but we still have strong […]

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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 19 November 2017: Bad Weather

Dale Andersen sent this message from: Lat -71.33293 Lon 13.45381 on 19 November 2017 at 1:43:18 AM EST: “The weather here is pretty bad with high winds gusting at 45-50 […]

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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 15 November 2017: Deploying Instruments

Dale Andersen sent this message from: Lat -71.332844 Lon 13.453746 on 15 November 2017 11:29:14 AM EST: Hi Keith: We had another productive day with good weather here at Lake […]

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