Posted on 16/10/04
Mars on Earth
DEVON ISLAND, NUNAVUT -- The moment you step off the chartered Twin Otter aircraft and onto Devon Island, it's immediately clear why it remains the largest uninhabited island in the world. It's cold, desolate and draped in layers of rock and rubble, a sprawling gravel pit high in the Canadian Arctic stretching off to the horizon in all directions.
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