Martin 53N 1W wrote:

NewScientist gets a scoop on some upcoming papers.

'Pack ice' suggests frozen sea on Mars

    * 11:48 21 February 2005
    * NewScientist.com news service
    * Kelly Young

See:
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7039
ftp://www.lpi.usra.edu/pub/outgoing/lpsc2005/full97.pdf

All compelling stuff!

For a good balanced summary, see:

Mars pictures reveal frozen sea
The find has implications for life on Mars

A huge, frozen sea lies just below the surface of Mars, a team of European scientists has announced.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4285119.stm

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"The fact that there have been warm and wet places beneath the surface of Mars since before life began on Earth, and that some are probably still there, means that there is a possibility that primitive micro-organisms survive on Mars today," Professor Murray said.

"This mission has changed many of my long-held opinions about Mars - we now have to go there and check it out."
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Keep searchin',
Martin