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A twin otter arrived with three participants. We welcomed Chris Ostafew (Mars Institute) back. He has been in Resolute Bay taking care of HMP participants flying in and out. Kevin Coley (freelance photographer) and Ian Daly (Senior Writer, Details Magazine) arrived as well and will be interviewing HMP participants for an upcoming issue of Details Magazine.

Departing on the twin otter were Mary Roach (Author of best sellers: Bonk, Stiff and Spook), Air National Guardsmen, Stefano Guadagnuolo and Warren Ruedy, and Dr. John Parnell (University of Aberdeen).

Dr. Horton Newsom (Research Professor, Institute of Meteorites, University of New Mexico) participated in a "webinar", watching Dr. Lucy McFadden discuss her adventures in Antarctica last year. During the webinar, Dr. McFadden posted pictures of our HMP Base Camp Manager, John Schutt, during an expedition in the Antarctica.

Prof. Charlie Mason (Morehead State University) and his students, Megan Ennis and Bill Atwood, did some more mapping near the HMP Research Station. Scott Thackrey (planetary geologist, University of Aberdeen) looked at outcrops and the ejecta blanket West of the HMP Research Station. Dr. Horton Newsom studied a hydrothermal location nearby. Air National Guardsman, Warren Ruedy, cleaned and did maintenance on the guns, military style.

A walk-back experiment took place after lunch with test subjects Andrew Abercromby (Project Engineer, EVA Physiology Systems and Performance Project / NASA Johnson Space Center), Dr. Pascal Lee (Director, HMP / NASA Ames, Mars Institute, SETI Institute) and Pam Baskins (JSC / NSBRI). The walk back was led by Brian Glass (NASA Ames), Sarah Thompson (NASA Ames) and Marcelo Vazquez (NSBRI, Space Radiation Liason), with assistance from Pauline Akeeagok (Senior Field Guide from Grise Fiord).

Dr. Charles Frankel (author, planetary geologist) gave an after dinner talk about an impact crater in France, showing a bit of his "detective work", complete with Inspector Clouseau impressions.

Photo Set: HMP-2008: August 8

"HMP7SFU Portable Elaine out and clear"