The High-Elevation Dry Valleys of Antarctica as a Mars Polar Analogue: Mapping Subsurface Ice Distribution and Modeling its Stability

MAPPING SUBSURFACE ICE DISTRIBUTION AND MODELING ITS STABILITY. Margarita M. Marinova 1,2 , Christopher P. McKay 2 , Jennifer L. Heldmann 2 , Alfonso F. Davila 2,3 , Dale T. Andersen 3 , W. Andrew Jackson 4 , Denis Lacelle 5 , Gale Paulson 6 , Wayne H. Pollard 7 , and Kris Zacny 6 , 1 BAER Institute (margarita.m.marinova@gmail.com), 2 Space Sciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, 3 SETI Institute, 4 Texas Tech University, 5 Dept. of Geography, University of Ottawa, 6 Honeybee Robotics, 7 Dept. of Geography, McGill University.