Once again I am headed north to Devon Island, the home of the Haughton-Mars Project. This is a place many have come to call “Mars on Earth” for its similarity […]
Nunavut
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HMP Research Station Panorama
Aerial Photo of the Haughton-Mars Project Research Station (HMP RS) on Devon Island, High Arctic, taken from a helicopter on July 20, 2006. [Larger panorama]
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Devon Island Logistics Report
Haughton-Mars Project Expedition 2005: Interplanetary Supply Chain Management & Logistics Architectures: Final NASA/MIT Report “From an exploration perspective we found that HMP despite the identified differences with a Lunar or […]
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Devon Island Greenhouse Update
Research Activities in the Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse – July 2006 Update “Our autonomous greenhouse in the Arctic produces and manages its own power, has its own communications system for […]
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Field Season On Devon Island About To Begin
The Mars Institute Core Team Arrives in Resolute Bay, Nunavut “The first charter plane arrived in Resolute Bay yesterday on schedule with the initial Mars Institute core team and cargo. […]
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Arctic Astrobiology Field Report From Dale Andersen 19 June 2006
Dale Andersen: Keith – We arrived in Resolute Friday evening but we are still in here awaiting better weather. Its been cloudy with periods of light snow and rain along […]
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Daily Webcam Images From Devon Island Greenhouse
Editor’s note: The Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse woke up several weeks ago. Located at the Mars Institute’s HMP Research Station on Devon Island, this greenhouse has several webcams located inside […]
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HMP Research Station Field Update
HMP Research Station Field Update – July 29, 2005 “Today’s activities centered around a major traverse into the Haughton Crater so that Dr. Jeff Jones could complete his sampling of […]
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HMP Research Station Update
HMP Research Station Geology and Geochemistry Report Provided by Dr. John Parnell and Paula Lindgren, University of Aberdeen, July 29, 2005 “Research has continued on the response of organic matter […]
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Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal 26 August 2003: Home +30
I was gone a month. I’ve been back for a month. Last year, the return to civilization from Devon Island – Mars on Earth – was quite an unexpected shock. […]