Cryobot team testing a prototype instrument designed to core, sample, and analyze the Mars polar cap ice. The tests were conducted at the Athabasca Glacier of the Columbia Ice Field, Alberta, Canada. The Cryobot probe is seen suspended within the borehole. From left to right: Donna Aharonson, Oded Aharonson (Caltech), Hermann Engelhardt (Caltech), Greg Cardell (JPL), Scott Anderson (HIGP), Frank Carsey (JPL), and Mike Hecht (JPL).

Photo courtesy of Oded Aharonson