A cold wind blows from the West and ever strengthened as I drive fast. It often times allows dust that the ATV riles up ahead to find its way into my face... it's not pleasant, but is a small price to pay, microscopic compared to the grand experience of ATVing through the Polar Desert on Devon Island, at the Haughton Impact Crater .
Rob Mueller, Chief of the Surface Systems Office at the Kennedy Space Center, a warm, encouraging, and supportive crew member was scheduled to leave the next day (July 24th) from Devon Island via Twin Otter, so the day before (July 23rd) was the day Pascal (Director of HMP) took him, Sean, Ben and me on the grand traverse. From 2:30 PM to 8:30 PM, we took 5 ATVs and began from Camp to traverse through several areas of the Haughton Impact Crater.
Here are some pictures with the top two from prior days but showing a great shot of the crater:
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| Me overlooking the crater, yea I couldn't fight the sun. |
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| The Mars Society Habitat overlooks me. |
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| Getting ready to go! |
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| Overlooking a basin, part of the crater as well! |
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| Polar Bear tracks; claimed two weeks fresh by Ben, the Inuit with us. |
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| The view Westward from.... View Hill, yup it's called View Hill. |
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| An extension of the view above with me. |
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| The view Northward from View Hill... we like to see the Lunar analogues here. |
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| Another extension. |
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| Haughton River Valley. The former area that housed HMP in its infancy. |
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| Pascal, the HMP director and me over the Haughton River Valley |
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| Three mounds called the Three Sisters in a valley deemed: Planet of the Apes Valley |
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