Many Mars-like features make Devon Island possibly the best Red Planet analog on Earth.
On Monday , a group of eight researchers and their associates headed north to the high Arctic to spend a month at the Haughton-Mars Project base on Devon Island, about 15 degrees south of the North Pole. The group includes the founder of the base and expedition leader, Dr. Pascal Lee, a group of researchers from MIT's Haystack Observatory, other researchers and support staff, and me, the sole media representative.
Before we can begin the string of four to six flights across two days that are necessary to reach the distant outpost, we must pack the needed gear and prepare ourselves for extreme weather. While the nearest weather station reports temperatures ranging from 34 to 46 degrees Fahrenheit , with humidity hovering at about 90%, the weather on
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