According to Professor Martin Siegert of Bristol University, the chief scientist of the Lake Ellsworth mission, water is the connection that binds the expeditions.
Eugenol, a methoxyphenol found in various essential oils such as clove, bay laurel, cinnamon leaf, and rosemary, appears to be a particulary effective peorxynitrites scavenger (the methyl group binds to peroxynitrites and the phenol group converts it into water and a nitrogen dioxide anion).