Western  University
Icy  Mars Analogue Program (IMAP) — PI: Dr. Gordon R. Osinski. Understanding the evolution of Mars  will give us new insight into the habitability of planets and global climate  change. It is critical that we characterize its water ice reservoirs to  understand its hydrologic system and how it has changed over time. This has  profound implications for the search of life on Mars and for future human  explorers who will require an accessible source of water to sustain long-term  operations. The IMAP project aims  to enhance our understanding of glacial and periglacial processes on Mars  through the investigation of terrestrial analogues in the Canadian High Arctic.  It will help develop an unprecedented and potentially profound understanding of  the water ice reservoirs on Mars and how they have changed over time.