How Hamilton students mapped lava tubes in Iceland using a drone named Canary [Video]

A McMaster University research team says despite rain and colder-than-expected weather, their expedition to Iceland was a success and they were able to map lava tubes with the drone-mounted system they developed.

As CBC Hamilton reported in July, the McMaster Deep-space Analogue Research Expedition (DARE) team spent a year planning an expedition to unnamed lava tubes near the popular Surtshellir lava cave to test their technology.

The mission took over two years to plan, Michael Holden said, and “seeing all of that come together,” was the best part. 

He spoke with CBC Hamilton alongside his teammates Daniel Young, Harry Wu and Harmil Kalia, who all went on the trip. 

Holden, the club’s outgoing president, served as the drone’s main pilot. …