Keith We had a very productive day yesterday splitting into a few groups with differing tasks. Denis and Andre focussed on obtaining additional sediment cores spaced across the lake North […]
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Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 14 November 2022: Water Quality Profiles
Keith The winds calmed last night around 9-10 pm. The more destructive gusts we had been experiencing the previous 18 hrs or diminished substantially to levels our tents can easily […]
Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 13 November 2022: High Winds At Lake Untersee
Hi Keith, The stormfront hit early this morning and we were outside checking tent lines and gear by 2 am. Right now we have winds gusting 50 to 60 mph […]
Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 12 November 2022: Trip From Lake Untersee To Lake Obersee
Hi Keith Good day of work at Lake Obersee today. Mostly a recon to go up and see how the traverse would work out.
Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 11 November 2022: Lake Sampling And GNSS Measurements At Lake Untersee
Yesterday was quite productive at Lake Untersee. We were able to recover a 50 cm sediment core from the deepest region of the south basin (102 m) which is also […]
Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 7 November 2022: Drilling Holes And Preparing Gear
Keith, The weather shifted last night and for the moment we have overcast skies with low clouds blanketing the surrounding peaks, 30 knot winds from the south and -12C air […]
Away Team Tricorder Tech: Draper Multi-Environment Navigation (DMEN)
NASA astronauts tried out their moon exploration gear recently in the Arizona desert.
Away Team Tech: 3D Flora And Fauna At Your Fingertips
Reporting in Research Ideas and Outcomes, a Kyushu University researcher has developed a new technique for scanning various plants and animals and reconstructing them into highly detailed 3D models. To […]
Tricorder Tech: Developing An Astrobiological Nomenclature Code For Offworld Use
Editor’s note: The article “SeqCode: a nomenclatural code for prokaryotes described from sequence data” recently appeared in the journal Nature Microbiology. The article deals with a process (SeqCode) whereby genomic […]
Away Team Tools: Virtual Hiking Map for Jezero Crater – Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing Site
Prospective Mars explorers can now go for a virtual hike around the landing site of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover with an interactive map loaded with orbital imagery, terrain data […]
