Growing lettuce for Mars, Arctic style

The 2005 field season on Devon Island has been the smoothest since the start of the Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse project in 2002. This year, the level of Canadian Space Agency activities in the Arctic warranted the chartering of an aircraft to carry staff and equipment to Resolute Bay. All our people and cargo made it to Resolute with no incident. A great start!

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