A team of seven scientists recently returned from the first field season of NASA’s IceBite project. The team installed scientific probes in the ice and frozen ground and scouted for sites where drills for future Mars missions will be tested next year. In this second set of blog entries by team member Margarita Marinova, she discusses the trip to their first field site, Lake Joyce.

Currently, the Astrobiology Magazine is providing a direct link to scientists on the IceBite team, where readers can ask questions about the science being conducted in Antarctica.