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Flashline-16 Daily Report 03-07-2024
Author: Michael Andrews – Crew Logistics Today was our first full day at our Devon Island base. The team had the following objectives to accomplish on this first of three planned pre-sim work days: We woke up to “Vamanos a Marte” as our morning song – a favorite of mine. We all grabbed a quick breakfast and reviewed…
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Flashline-16 Daily Report 02-07-2024
Author: Michael Andrews – Crew Logistics Greetings from Mars! Or Devon Island at least. After a three day weather delay, the crew has successfully arrived on the world’s largest uninhabited island, located in Nunavut territory. The team began the day with the following objectives: We awoke to our final breakfast in Resolute Bay, gathered some last-minute…
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Flashline-16 Science Report-02 03-07-2024
Author: Natasha Nicholson – Chief Science Officer Devon Island, 75°26’08.3”N 89°49’41.6”W, Nunavut. Aim: Gathering water: Thick working rubber gloves were sterilised with isopropanol. Water was gathered in triplicate in 50ml flat-bottomed falcon tubes (see Fig.1), upstream from where the water was being gathered in jerry cans. Coliform test: A coliform specific water test from C4HydroÔusing their…
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Flashline-16 Daily Report 01-07-2024
Author: Michael Andrews – Crew Logistics Happy Canada Day from the FMARS-16 crew! After quickly learning that we would be able to depart to Devon Island today, the team took the rest of our time off as a general relaxation day. The crew is fatigued from the constant alertness and delays in starting our activities. Unfortunately,…
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Flashline-16 Science Report-01 30-06-2024
Author: Natasha Nicholson – Chief Science Officer Expedition Area: Resolute Bay area, southwest of Char Lake, approximately 1km west-northwest of the hamlet of Resolute, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada. Expedition duration: 0945 to 1130 CST, Sunday 30 June 2024. Water Sampling: The first triplicate samples were taken at 0950 from a small body of water southeast of…
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Flashline-16 Daily Report 30-06-2024
Author: Michael Andrews – Crew Logistics The crew awoke at Resolute Bay with the main priority of traveling to Devon Island, but we learned by 8:00 AM that weather conditions continued to worsen (i.e. low cloud ceiling and incoming rain). To make the most use of our time here, we came up with these contingency objectives:…
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Flashline-16 Daily Report 29-06-2024
Author: Michael Andrews – Crew Logistics The MARS-16 started Saturday morning with the following objectives: We enjoyed (what we believed was) our last hot shower and breakfast without preparation for some time, and quickly jumped into a morning agenda of crew training and mission planning. Health and Safety Officer Swarmer went over the basics of emergency…
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Flashline-16 Daily Report 28-06-2024
Author: Michael Andrews – Crew Logistics The team awoke in Iqaluit, with today’s main priorities below: We awoke later than expected, as our flight had been delayed – we later learned that the original flight crew got stuck in another city on Canadian North’s routes, and a backup crew had to be located. I realized this…
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FMARS-15 Commander Report 30-07-2023
Author: Andrew Wheeler, Commander, FMARS-15 Weather: Low nimbostratus cloud early, no precipitation. Cleared later to altostratus and sparselenticular clouds with sunny patches. Wind cold, strong easing moderately into the afternoon.Temperature low teens Celsius.In the Hab, temperatures ten degrees Celsius warmer than outside, volatiles and monitored gases todecimal point levels rather than off the scale, CO…
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FMARS-15 EVA6 Report 29-07-2023
EVA # 6 Author: Olivia Drayson Purpose of EVA: Collect water samples and algae sample. Start time: 18:05 End time: 19:50 Narrative: The EVA included Olivia and Terry with Andrew as bear guard. This EVA was a revisit to an algal mat found during EVA4. An ATV trail to the lake was taken and then…
