AMASE: Artic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition

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AMASE Artic Mars AnalogueSvalbard Expedition

• Marilyn L. Fogel with
• Andrew Steele, Marc Fries, Verena Starke
  Carnegie Institution of Washington
• Hans E. F. Amundsen, Univ. of Oslo ESA
• Liane Benning, Univ. of Leeds
• Pamela Conrad, Arthur Lane, T. Huntsberger JPL
• Jen Eigenbrode, Paul Mahaffey, NASA Goddard
• David Blake, David Bish, NASA Ames

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Murchison fjord
N-Pole
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Arctic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition
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Gusev Crater
Follow the Water!
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Storvik
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Life in Rocks
How can we recognize it?
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Jotun Springs Travertine
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Endolithic Communities
Brown crust
Green layer
Tan layer
pink crust
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Lonne Lane, Jet Propulsion Lab Ultra-Violet
Fluorescence Spectrometer-- Can find traces
of Organic molecules In rocks
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Swarth
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d13C -17.7
d13C -30
d13C -23
0.6 C d13C -23
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Life in Ice and Snow
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Swarth
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500 µ
Microbes found in basalt / carbonate globule
Biofilm
DNA-stained biofilm
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Life in Snow Ice
Liane Benning, Jen Eigenbrode, Susanna Jorge
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Life in Ancient Rocks
Stromatolite Beds
Older
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Field-tested Molecular DNA Analysis
Murchison Fjord
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T. Huntsberger, M. Garrett, A. Stroupe, P. Younse
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Sterilizing the Scoop
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Astronaut Integration Jake Maule
Wearable computer
Hand held Microbe Finder