Mars Glacier [SEP] continent
Mars Glacier
Mars Glacier is a glacier in the southeastern corner of Alexander Island, Antarctica, long and wide, flowing south into the George VI Ice Shelf. The glacier lies between Two Step Cliffs and Phobos Ridge. Mars Glacier was first sighted from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth on November 23, 1935, and roughly mapped from photos obtained on that flight by W.L.G. Joerg. It was first surveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for the planet Mars, the
of a Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) group that regularly meets to discuss planetary protection on human missions to Mars, and in 2018 was appointed to represent the U.S. as a member of the COSPAR Panel on Planetary Protection
Both an Antarctic stream and glacier were named for Doran by the U.S. Geological Survey to commemorate his many significant research contributions conducted on the continent.
External links.
- Scientists Cry Foul! interview of Doran on On the Media, a National Public Radio program, February 16, 2002
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