I've returned to Resolute Bay to coordinate the preliminary end-of-season logistics and from what I've seen at the station, I'm happy to report that the HMP-2007 field season is going exceedingly well. Five weeks of continuously sunny weather has enabled all of the research teams to remain on schedule, and even get ahead of schedule in some cases. Most impressive however, is the hard work that everyone's been putting in to capitalize on the favourably dry conditions.

We've reached a transition point in the season where much of the work is now behind the various research teams, although the winding down of the K-10 rover experiments, and the ramp-up of the 10km EVA walkback, radiation survey and E/PO fieldwork activities are keeping those in camp more than busy (you can check out the week-by-week schedule at the Mars On Earth homepage). This transition point has also provided some time to update the "Photo of the Day" section of the website, and I encourage you to check it out. The first post, an incredible aerial shot of the Haughton Crater is available here.

Here are some additional photos of the HMP-2007 field season:

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The US Air National Guard, based out of Moffett Field, California, provided air cargo support this year for the Haughton-Mars Project. The ANG flew cargo from Moffett Field to the Vancouver International Airport on Monday, where they picked up additional gear required to implement the HMP field season. From there, the ANG flew on to Resolute Bay as their ultimate destination.

The airlift was a great success, and the Mars Institute would like to offer its most sincere thanks to the US Air National Guard for their hard work and diligence in making this effort a reality.

Photos of the airlift and of other activities that have taken place at HMP over the past week will be posted shortly at www.marsonearth.org.

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The field season is progressing well with more participants arriving today. We now have a list of the participants with a link to their biography. The weather has been great and unseasonably warm.

All the webcams are now online and the three HMP Research Station webcams are updating every minute. We've also added our second entry in our new feature this year "This Week @ HMP". Included are spotlights on various projects ongoing during that week as well as a new video feature.

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The HMP-2007 field season is now underway! Several HMP team members are now in Resolute Bay and on Devon Island at the HMP Research Station site. The first few days at the station will be spent setting up gear and the rest of the facility in preparation for the arrival of the first research teams, on July 10th and 11th.

Continue to watch this space and www.marsonearth.org for updates and additional information about the many interesting activities planned for this summer.

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