Dear Reader,

     For the past four summers, scientists from around the world travelled to Haughton Crater, Devon Island, Canadian Arctic to learn more about "Mars on Earth." This issue of The Chronicles presents a short collection of some of the research that is being conducted. Working and living in the Arctic helps us understand the difficulties that astronauts will face when they go to Mars.

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     This newsletter is produced by the Mars Society Youth Chapter and the MIT Mars Society Chapter.

     Enjoy The Martian Chronicles!

• Hydrothermal Activity in an Impact Crater
      -- by Gordon "Oz" Osinski
   
• Mars on Earth
      -- by Pascal Lee
   
• Learning about past climate conditions in the High Arctic
      -- by Darlene Lim
   
• Biology of Haughton Crater
      -- by Charles Cockell
   
• Building the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station on Devon Island
      -- by Robert Zubrin
   
• Robotic Geologists
      -- by Bill Clancey
   
• The Recluse
    - Chapter VI: The Last Trial
      -- by Rich Reifsnyder
   
• Planetary Exploration Networking: The Internet for a crew on Mars
      -- by Steve Braham
   

  This issue is also available in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.