Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Mars Science Laboratory Shakedown in the High Arctic

Mars Science Laboratory Shakedown in the High Arctic


Spitsbergen is the largest island in the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago, which lies between the northern tip of Norway and the northern polar ice cap. It is an inviting destination for astrobiology researchers because it contains several Mars analog sites: geologic formations that resemble, in various ways, ones on Mars.

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