Scientists use NASA's "Mars" technology to explore Earth's marine archaeological sites. The National Park Service uses the information to better understand the cultural history of whaling in Alaska.

Test Your Knowledge:

a. What was the name of the project that sent Sojourner Rover to Mars?

b. What National Park commemorates the history of whalers and whaling ships?

Find out more about how NASA, the National Park Service, the U.S. Coast Guard, two students from Santa Clara University and many others worked together, tested new technology and discovered sunken whaling ships near Barrow, Alaska.

Last update: February 4, 1999
http://www.nps.gov/interp/nasa/mars.html
Editor: Toni_Dufficy
NPS Liaison to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center