Microbial Ecology of a Crewed Rover Traverse in the Arctic: Low Microbial Dispersal and Implications for Planetary Protection on Human Mars Missions

• Published in: Astrobiology
• Main Authors: Schuerger, Andrew C., Lee, Pascal
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2015
• Subjects: Research Articles; Arctic; Cambridge Bay; Canada; Kugluktuk; Northwest Passage; Nunavut; Northwest passage; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4490634/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26060984; https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2015.1289

Between April 2009 and July 2011, the NASA Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) led the Northwest Passage Drive Expedition (NWPDX), a multi-staged long-distance crewed rover traverse along the Northwest Passage in the Arctic. In April 2009, the HMP Okarian rover was driven 496 km over sea ice along the North...