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Dal Andersen Diving at Lake Untersee, Antarctica -- Dale T. Andersen

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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Receives Explorers Club Finn Roone Memorial Award

by Keith CowingApril 28, 2025January 11, 2026

Last weekend Astrobiologist and polar explorer Dale Andersen received the prestigious Explorers Club Finn Roone Memorial Award.

ALVIN takes water samples from a hydrothermal vent producing black “smoke.” The water is black because it contains particulate metal sulfides. These precipitate when the hot fluids mix with cold seawater. (Photo by HOV ALVIN/Woods Hole Oceanographic/Mandy Joye)

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Away Team Update: Exploring Hydrothermal Vents In The Gulf Of California

by Keith CowingJuly 29, 2024July 29, 2024

When Samantha Joye and her fellow researchers once again set sail into the Gulf of California, they weren’t sure what to expect.

Pinnacle mat located on the bottom of Lake Joyce in Pearse Valley. The depth is approximately 18 meters including 6 meters of ice that is covering the lake. Despite the thick ice-cover, sediment is able to make its way through holes and cracks that develop. The result is a sediment 'dump' on the bottom of the lake (which can be seen in the background of this photograph).

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Dale Andersen’s 1996 Antarctic Field Research Photo Album Volume 4

by Keith CowingDecember 20, 1996November 23, 2023

Editor’s note: This is a revised version of the original website that was first posted – from Antarctica – in 1996.