HMP Research Station Webcams Live From Devon Island

Are those tents? They don't keep the living (crew) quarters pressurized? or is that a cover over a hard shell of some sort? If not how can that simulate mars? Are they just trying to experience the isolation? help me out here.

Editor's note: They are tents commonly used in the arctic and antarctic. This planetary analog focuses on remote operations in an environment that has similarities to Mars. It is not testing pressurized habitats. FWIW I have lived there for three field seasons.

Thank you that was my question. So its the human sciences and operational awareness. I wasn't degrading their work or the scientific data they collecting. I was just wondering what kind of science was being done.. Sense the previous post I have read a few articles and some information on the internet and now grasp further the IDEA being this experiment.

Editor's note: also, "being there" is important. If you do something out in a parking lot and know (even if you forget that you know) that you can just hop over to a hardware store to get a part - you do things differently - and plan differently - than if you are in the middle of nowhere (like Mars) and have to use what you have at hand - especially when things go wrong. Knowing - down to your innermost core - that you simply must adapt is a powerful learning tool - one that you only get by truly being there. I have experienced it first hand.