Title
A preliminary comparison of two perennially ice-covered lakes in Antarctica: Analogs of past Martian lacustrine environments
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1995
Abstract
Perennially ice-covered lakes in the Antarctic have been suggested as analogs to lakes which may have existed on the surface of Mars 3.5 billion years ago. During the 1991-1992 austral summer, a joint Russian/American research effort was directed at studies of ice-covered lakes in the Bunger Hills Oasis, Antarctica (66° S, 100° E). The primary objective of the expedition was to investigate this ice-free area for features analogous to ancient martian environments that may have been capable of supporting life and to compare the ice-covered lakes of the Bunger Hills with those in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of southern Victoria Land (77° S, 166°E) as part of the continuing studies of Antarctic-Mars analogs. © 1994.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Advances in Space Research
First Page
199
Last Page
202
Recommended Citation
Andersen, D., Doran, P., Bolshiyanov, D., Rice, J., Galchenko, V., Cherych, N., Wharton, R., McKay, C., Meyer, M., & Garshnek, V. (1995). A preliminary comparison of two perennially ice-covered lakes in Antarctica: Analogs of past Martian lacustrine environments. Advances in Space Research, 15 (3), 199-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0273-1177(99)80084-2