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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Status Report 30 November 2012, Lake Untersee, Antarctica

Keith’s note: I spoke with Dale Andersen at Lake Untersee, Antarctica today via satphone. The dive hole has been completed and is about 3 meters deep. Valeri and Vladimir are […]

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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. 

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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 […]

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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:

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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen’s Field Reports: Lake Untersee, Antarctica (Gigapixel Panorama) 7 March 2012

Three and a half billion years ago our planet was quite different and Earth’s earliest biosphere was dominated by microbial communities – complex multicellular organisms were not to evolve for […]

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Video: Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Exploring Pavilion Lake With SCUBA And ROVs

Underwater video taken with my Sony PMW-EX1 in a Gates Housing of ongoing research in Pavilion Lake. Dr. Ian Hawes is seen measuring photosynthetic competency within the microbialite structures. The […]

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McGill High Arctic Research Station Photo Report – Dale Andersen: 8 April 2009 Colour Peak Springs

There are several regions on Earth where mean annual temperatures are well below freezing and yet liquid water persists. Such polar regions provide excellent analogs to study the hydrological cycle […]

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A Skype Chat and Tour With Astrobiologist Dale Andersen on Axel Heiberg Island

Editor’s note: I got an email from astrobiologist Dale Andersen (@daleandersen on Twitter) just before 8 pm EDT tonight telling me to get on Skype. Dale is currently working at […]

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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Tweets From Axel Heiberg Island at 79 Degrees North 27 March 2009

The following Twitter posts were made by Dale Andersen at @daleandersen from McGill Arctic Research Station (MARS) on Axel Heiberg Island on 27 March 2009:

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