The Arena Arctica, Kiruna, Sweden. The hangar doors are closing after one of the planes has been towed to the runway. The Arena Arctica is a modern research facility that, for the winter of 2002-2003, simultaneously housed 3 airplanes and nearly a hundred research scientists. Two floors of offices, equipped with internet connections and support for chemistry and physics laboratories, line the perimeter of the hangar.

The office shared by Ross Salawitch (JPL) and Markus Rex (AWI) is behind the leftmost yellow tarp (background of picture), between the two folks standing in the foreground.


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