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Flashline-16 Daily Report 04-07-2024
Author: Michael Andrews – Crew Logistics Happy 4th of July! The Arctic Wolves crew woke up after a much warmer and sounder sleep than our first night, and started the day with a team breakfast. We had a few high-level objectives for our second pre-simulation day: Our first goal for the day was to gather as…
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Flashline-16 Commander’s Report 03-07-2024
Commander Report (and Personal Observations) – 3 July 2024 We have finally arrived at FMARS, an isolated habitat located on Devon Island, Nunavut! I am leading a crew of seven professional experts, most of whom have already participated in analogue missions. I am proud to be part of this team. They understand the importance of…
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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…
