“There’s no life there, period. At least not in the last 20-30,000 years or so…”
The McMurdo Dry Valleys are one of the most extreme and otherworldly landscapes on Earth – a vast, ice-free expanse carved into the edge of Antarctica. Shielded from snowfall by surrounding mountains and scoured by fierce katabatic winds, the valleys are so dry and cold that they’ve been compared to the surface of Mars. When a research team…
