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Some of the group on the busSudeep and Boyd, student from Clark, are visible in this photo
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Mosquitoes...One swat in Pleistocene Park.
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Anya and ValentinYakutsk State University Anya Falina stands with her advisor Valentin Spector on board the barge en route to Duvannyi Yar.
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Anya at workAnya Suslova, student from Yakutsk State University, works on her project studying arctic lakes.
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Outside the Permafrost InstituteHere is the group in front of the Melnikov Permafrost Institute in Yakutsk
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Deck of our bargeDeck of our barge.
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Group on the deck...Hijinks on the barge
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Siberian Boy in Yakutsk AirportAndy Bunn gave some children buttons from Western Washington University while we were waiting for the plane to Cherskiy. They were abig hit!
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Bage at Duvannyi YarOur “buoyant hotel-like structure” (barge) near Duvannyi Yar. The entire Polaris Project team is housed on the barge, both when we are at Cherskiy as well as when we are on multi-day excursions.Jul 23, 2008
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Duvannyi Yar ice wedgesPermafrost ice wedges at Duvannyi Yar. Each day in the summer the sun melts ice that has been frozen for many thousands of years.
Jul 23, 2008
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Duvannyi Yar bonesThe eroding permafrost at Duvannyi Yar tells the story of 10’s of thousands of years of Earth’s history. All Polaris Project participants found bones from now extinct animals including mammoth, lions, horses, and many more. Truly amazing.Jul 23, 2008
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Duvannyi Yar hikeHiking up the eroding hillslope at Duvannyi Yar. Each step up the hill represents many hundreds of years of Earth’s history.Jul 23, 2008
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Duvannyi Yar fomationWill this formation still be standing when the Polaris Project visits Duvannyi Yar next year?Jul 23, 2008
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Matt's mosquitoesMatt Ruppel, student at Holy Cross, and a flock of mosquitoes. As the temperatures have warmed over the 8 days we’ve been at Cherskiy, the mosquito population has exploded. We’d all welcome another cold spell!Jul 23, 2008
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Unloading at Duvannyi YarUnloading at Duvannyi Yar, a huge eroding bank that exposes permafrost along the Kolyma River.Jul 23, 2008
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John and the LicorJohn Schade, Assistant Professor at St. Olaf, is not interested in having his picture taken while measuring CO2 in the lab at the Northeast Science Station.Jul 23, 2008
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