Two researchers from the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) have travelled to a remote part of Canada’s Arctic Circle to explore the so-called “Martian mystery.”
Two researchers from the Greater Toronto Area have travelled to a remote part of Canada’s Arctic Circle to explore the so-called “Martian mystery.”
Sapers and Dong, who arrived there on July 4 and will be departing on July 19, are specifically studying the “tantalizing signature” of methane gas, which could give clues to the potential presence of microbial life on Mars. Sapers and Dong will also concentrate some of their research in another area of Axel Heiberg Island that has polygonally patterned ground formed by permafrost, which is very similar to patterned land observed on the red planet.
“Additionally, the polygonal terrain here, which looks very similar to polygonal terrain on Mars, is a compelling geological analogue.”
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