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Mars polar science at the end of the world

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Key questions about ice on the red planet, its climate record and its potential for habitability were the subject of the seventh edition of the International Conference on Mars Polar Science and Exploration, held for the first time in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Fig. 1: The north polar region of Mars.

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  1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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  2. York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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  3. Planetary Science Institute, Lakewood, CO, USA

    Isaac B. Smith

  4. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC-CONICET), Ushuaia, Argentina

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Becerra, P., Smith, I.B., Coronato, A. et al. Mars polar science at the end of the world. Nat Astron 4, 566–568 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-1127-y

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