Marc Boucher departed from Devon Island today for Resolute. The NASA Ames Airplane team left as well. Hopefully, Marc will catch his flight from Resolute to Ottawa Wednesday morning, and […]
Away Team
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Status Report
Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal – 22 July 2002: The hottest place on Devon Island
Now that construction on the greenhouse has reached a lull, the outfitting of the structure with instrumentation so as to understand its performance is now underway. The intent here is […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Status Report
Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal – 21 July 2002: Visiting ministers, missing ‘green’, and crater tours
Today we had a special group of visitors. A dozen or so environmental ministers from Denmark, the U.K. and Canada. They were on a tour of several locations throughout the […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Press Release
Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal – 20 July 2002: Mars airplanes and communicating with Earth
There are a number of pervasive sounds on Devon Island. During the day power tools at the greenhouse, ATVs moving in and out of camp, and the main generator droning […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Status Report
Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal – 19 July 2002: The hottest place on Devon Island, T-shirts, and a Star Trek hello
With the greenhouse now completely covered with Lexan, we have been seeing some amazing heat levels inside. The highest that I am aware of was 42.5 C (107.6 F). Although […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Status Report
Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal – 18 July 2002: Giving blood, eternal light, and an evening commute
Today’s greenhouse tasks were confined to caulking and insulating the greenhouse such that precious heat does not escape – and also to prevent snow from working its way in during […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Status Report
Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal – 17 July 2002 Greenhouse dedication, fishing, and mystery food
Lexan was the order of the day. After cutting and installing the last of 9 separate pieces of Lexan on the aft end of the greenhouse, we turned our attention […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Status Report
Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal – 16 July 2002: Sealing greenhouses on Earth – and Mars; 6 wheeled rovers
Walking up to the greenhouse this morning, I felt energized by the sight of a nearly completed structure. Damn this thing looks good!
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Status Report
Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal – 13-15 July 2002: Building a Mars Greenhouse on Earth
The weather was cold again today. We managed to get 1/2-inch plywood and pink foam insulation installed on the greenhouse support platform. Over that we laid 3/4-inch plywood to serve […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Status Report
Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal – 12 July 2002: Building and exploring
Today was a perfect example of just how fickle the weather is in the Arctic: I awoke to a blizzard of horizontal snow and sleet and frigid temperatures. This would […]