Devon Island researchers eye greenhouse, rovers on Mars

'We are really trying to understand the fundamentals of the lunar and Martian landscape, the history of water on Mars, the history of ice on Mars,' says the chair of the Mars Institute

Once the target of explorers seeking the elusive Northwest Passage to the Pacific, the islands of Nunavut are today attracting groundbreaking research into areas such as new planetary vehicles and potential greenhouses for another remote destination–Mars.

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