The weather at Lake Untersee has been rough lately.
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Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 7 November 2023: Bad Weather At Lake Untersee
Hi Keith, Yesterday here at Lake Untersee, we experienced a day of contrasting weather. It started off beautifully with plenty of sunshine and very little wind. The highlight of the […]
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Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 5 November 2023: Setting Up Base Camp At Lake Untersee
Hi Keith – We’ve successfully traveled from the Novo ice runway to Lake Untersee, Antarctica, navigating our snowmobiles and tracked vehicles across the icy plains. The snowmobile journey, lasting about […]
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Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 29 October 2023: Arrival at Novolazarevskaya Station
Keith, After our arrival, we settled into one of the small huts at the ice runway operated by Ultima-Antarctic Logistics (formerly ALCI) and began preparing for the 125 km traverse […]
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Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 27 October 2023: Southbound
Keith’s note: Astrobiologist Dale Andersen is heading back to Antarctica – and Lake Untersee for another field season of Research. We’ll be posting his updates here. You can read about […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Away Teams & Field Reports, Exploration Gear & Tech, Press Release
Two Hundred Years After Darwin’s Expedition DARWIN200 Embarks On A Two Year, 40,000 Mile Voyage
Editor’s note: As we embark on expeditions to seek out life on other worlds it is important to look back at the first truly global expeditions that sought to understand […]
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NASA Interns Participate In Away Team Missions
Flying over and tromping through watery landscapes along the East Coast, working alongside NASA scientists, and recording measurements about the air that they’re travelling through – these are not the […]
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release
Away Team Expedition To The Galápagos – Discovering What Darwin Couldn’t See
Editor’s note: As you read this release about an expedition to the Galápagos Islands think about how you’d conduct a systematic assay of new life forms as part of an […]
Posted inArctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Away Teams & Field Reports, Meteorites & Asteroids, Press Release
Away Team Finds A 17-pound Meteorite In Antarctica
Antarctica is a tough place to work, for obvious reasons— it’s bitterly cold, remote, and wild. However, it’s one of the best places in the world to hunt for meteorites.
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Microbiology & Virology, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Press Release
Away Team Mission On Earth: Mapping Fungal Networks On Earth’s Most Remote Island
In the middle of the Pacific Ocean is an uninhabited atoll that houses underground mycorrhizal networks that may have evolved a unique ability to cycle nutrients between seabirds, rainforest trees, […]