Antarctic Alien Hunt Concludes Fri. The 10-person team, travelling to two remote sites on the frozen continent, collected meteorites and cores of ice, which will be analyzed for traces of life. If it can be shown that simple life can survive in such a hostile environment, it will bolster the argument that life may still exist, or has previously existed, in icy locations in the solar system.
Initial reports indicate that the team is optimistic about finding life in their Antarctic samples.
The meteorites and ice cores will be analyzed by a laboratory once the mission concludes and the team leaves Antarctica. Lt. Col. Jim Pritzker, of the National Guard, suffered a respiratory infection will remain at Antarctica's Patriot Hills camp for the entirety of the trip. The team, having completed its mission, is making its way to Chile, en route to the United States. Blame the Sun.