NAI Explores Most Active Volcanic Region on Earth & Brings the
Public Along  NAI investigators, led by Jake Maule of the CIW
Team, are exploring the Kamchatka Peninsula in Eastern Russia.
Kamchatka is a vast land of 'fire and ice', being home to 10% of
the most active volcanoes on Earth with many surrounded by
glaciers.  The highest and most active volcano in Kamchatka is
called Kluchevsky - the destination of this expedition.
Surrounded by permafrost and the famous Ermann glacier,
Klyuchevsky has similarities to other volcanoes in the solar
system such as the extremely active Loki Patera on Jupiter's
moon Io (Lopes-Gautier et al., 2000) and the less active Hecates
Tholus on Mars where some glacial activity may still exist
(Hauber et al., 2005). The international team from the NAI, the
Russian Astrobiology Center (RAC) and the Australian Center for
Astrobiology (ACA) have traveled to the Klyuchevsky Volcano
Group (July-October 2006) to explore the limits of life in fire
and ice and improve our ability to dete