Science and Exploration

Moon-1 Humvee Rover Team Prepares for Airlift

By Keith Cowing
May 24, 2013
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The day was spent in Yellowknife acquiring fuels, oils, and other fluid products needed for the operation of the Mars Institute’s Moon-1 Humvee Rover and the Bombardier snowmobiles during the sea-ice traverse. The fuel (diesel for the Moon-1 Humvee Rover, regular gasoline for the Bombardier snowmobiles) was provided by Bassett Petroleum Distributors in Yellowknife, an Official Sponsor of the Haughton-Mars Project’s Northwest Passage Drive Expedition. [More at the Mars Institute]

The day was spent in Yellowknife acquiring fuels, oils, and other fluid products needed for the operation of the Mars Institute’s Moon-1 Humvee Rover and the Bombardier snowmobiles during the sea-ice traverse. The fuel (diesel for the Moon-1 Humvee Rover, regular gasoline for the Bombardier snowmobiles) was provided by Bassett Petroleum Distributors in Yellowknife, an Official Sponsor of the Haughton-Mars Project’s Northwest Passage Drive Expedition. [More at the Mars Institute]

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