Tracking Retreat of the North Seasonal Ice Cap on Mars: Results from the THEMIS Investigation

• Main Authors: Ivanov, A. B., Wagstaff, K. L., Ttus, T. N.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration; Midwinter; Ice cap
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20050169830

The CO2 ice caps on Mars advance and retreat with the seasons. This phenomenon was first observed by Cassini and then confirmed by numerous ground based observations in 19th and 20th centuries. With the advent of the space age observations of the seasonal ice cap were done by all orbiting spacecraft...