The largest uninhabited island in the world is a cold, empty, bleak place. It's a perfect spot, perhaps, if you're a muskox. Or hellbent on getting to Mars. Otherwise, Devon Island, in the ...

Talk of sending humans to Mars hit a fever pitch this week following SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s big announcement Tuesday. He outlined an ambitious plan to begin sending cargo missions to Mars by ...

Would-be Mars explorers can get a taste of what Red Planet life would be like with a trip to the Canadian Arctic. Devon Island, the largest uninhabited island on Earth, is home to the Haughton ...

“A great example in the worst way.” NASA and the Mars Institute are the latest to take on Devon Island’s challenges. With the island’s extreme cold, limited communication systems, and lack ...

No scientist here argues that Devon Island is exactly like the polar regions of Mars, which are far colder and drier, not to mention more noxious, than the Arctic. But this place is one of the ...

The closest anyone on Earth can get to Mars right now may be with a visit to a 23-million-year old crater on Devon Island, Nunavut. If a visit to the remote land mass is out of the question ...

That's an accurate working description of Mars. But also this remote Canadian island, 1,000 miles south of the Earth's North Pole. Devon Island is the world's largest uninhabited island and part ...

The weather on Devon Island is what a professional meteorologist ... In fact, when there's a crew at the Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) station, they are the go-to for weather reports local to ...

If you've ever wanted to know what it's like to live on Mars, Google will take you there for free. Google Street View has added images of Devon Island, the largest uninhabited island on the planet ...

In July 2002 SpaceRef Interactive installed a greenhouse (the Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse) on Devon Island as a contribution to the NASA-SETI Institute Haughton Mars Project (HMP). The ...

(Credit: Green Flash Pictures) Devon Island is the largest uninhabited island on the planet, and it’s about as Mars-like as it gets. It’s home to the 14 mile-wide Haughton Crater, which is cold, dry, ...

(Credit: Green Flash Pictures) Devon Island is the largest uninhabited island on the planet, and it’s about as Mars-like as it gets. It’s home to the 14 mile-wide Haughton Crater, which is cold, dry, ...