Editing Mount Erebus (section)

===Robotic exploration===
In 1992, the inside of the volcano was explored by ''Dante I'', an eight legged tethered robotic explorer.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wettergreen |first1=David |last2=Thorpe |first2=Chuck |last3=Whittaker |first3=Red |title=Exploring Mount Erebus by Walking Robot |journal=Robotics and Autonomous Systems |date=December 1993 |volume=11 |issue=3–4 |pages=171–185|s2cid=1190583 |doi=10.1016/0921-8890(93)90022-5|citeseerx=10.1.1.46.6546 }}</ref> ''Dante'' was designed to acquire gas samples from the magma lake inside the inner crater of Mount Erebus to understand the chemistry better through the use of the on-board gas [[chromatograph]], as well as measuring the temperature inside the volcano and the radioactivity of the materials present in such volcanoes. ''Dante'' successfully scaled a significant portion of the crater before technical difficulties emerged with the fibre-optic cable used for communications between the walker and base station. Since ''Dante'' had not yet reached the bottom of the crater, no data of volcanic significance was recorded. The expedition proved to be highly successful in terms of robotic and computer science, and was possibly the first expedition by a robotic platform to Antarctica.