{"id":483734,"date":"2026-02-18T20:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/483734\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T20:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:28:08","slug":"dale-andersens-astrobiology-antarctic-status-report-18-february-2026-eclipse-watching-and-base-camp-packing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/483734\/","title":{"rendered":"Dale Andersen\u2019s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 18 February 2026: Eclipse Watching And Base Camp Packing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/18feb2026-Eclipse.jpg\" alt=\"Dale Andersen\u2019s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 18 February 2026: Eclipse Watching And Base Camp Packing\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                                                            Partial Solar Eclipse at Lake Untersee, Antarctica \u2014 Dale T. Andersen                                                                                                    <\/p>\n<p>Dale: A partial eclipse over Lake Untersee yesterday\u2014an ordinary piece of celestial clockwork that felt anything but ordinary from the icy shores of Lake Untersee in the mountains of Antarctica. Eclipses come around often enough; being in the right place, at the right moment, to watch the Sun take a quiet bite out of itself is the rarer gift!<\/p>\n<p>Keith: Dale and his team are packing up all of their equipment at Lake Untersee. The overland traverse of staff and gear back to the Ultima Airstrip begins on 19 February.<\/p>\n<p>Keith\u2019s note: Astrobiologist Dale Andersen is heading back in Antarctica at Lake Untersee in January-February 2026 for another field season of research.<\/p>\n<p>Dale and I have been proving research updates \u2013 from Antarctica \u2013 since 1996. We think we actually had the first webserver (located in my old condo) updated from Antarctica. More details here: <a href=\"https:\/\/astrobiology.com\/2023\/11\/dale-andersens-1996-antarctic-field-research-photo-albums.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Dale Andersen\u2019s 1996 Antarctic Field Research Photo Albums<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Astrobiology<\/p>\n<p>                                                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/keith_cowing.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager\/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na\u2019Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp veteran, (he\/him) \ud83d\udd96\ud83c\udffb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Partial Solar Eclipse at Lake Untersee, Antarctica \u2014 Dale T. 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