A month on 'Mars': The Arctic comes alive
For someone who has pored over images of Mars for years, it was quite easy to believe you were on that planet at the Haughton-Mars Project base in the Arctic.
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For someone who has pored over images of Mars for years, it was quite easy to believe you were on that planet at the Haughton-Mars Project base in the Arctic.
The Haughton-Mars Project does not perfectly model the intense radiation, lower gravity, or thin atmosphere of Mars, but there is still value in the work here.
On day six it was time for our first traverse away from the Haughton-Mars Project base on Devon Island in the Arctic.
The Haughton-Mars Project is planting flags and leaving footprints, but in a very different way than Apollo astronauts did on the moon.
Facial tattoos have a storied history and hold deep significance within Indigenous cultures. Today, women are reclaiming the tradition on a larger scale.