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More boat kilometers..
After a successfultrip to the Omolon river and a visit to Duvannyi Yar (see the post “mud, muddy, muddiest” by Elise) it was now time to go north. This time we drove the 60 hp boat with comfortable seats in the front and a bright new windshield.…
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A walk through the bush
Fully packed with empty sampling containers, coolers, measuring instruments, GPS and lunch we set out in “the 40” (40 horsepower boat) to drive south on the Kolyma towards the Omolon, a large tributary about 170km from Cherskii. The Kolyma was relatively flat and the 40 took the heavy load of the 5 of us (Nikita, Claire, Sergey Zimov, me and Martin Heimann (MPI, Jena) relatively easily.…
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Polaris 2013 Aquatic Satellite group
With a small but international group we will spearhead this summer’s Polaris Project with the first expedition to Cherskiy (June 14 through July 9).
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Vonk et al 2013 ASLO
Vonk, J. E., Spencer, R. G. M., Mann, P. J., Peterse, F., Feng, X., Holmes, R. M., Eglinton, T. I. 2013. Molecular insights into seasonal patterns of particulate organic matter release in three major arctic rivers. Association of the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana. [download pdf]
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From Zürich to Cherskii!
I'm glad that I'll only have 3 days of gruelsome travelling.. coming from Middle-Europe.
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The “Aquatics International”
While we were processing a water sample that was taken earlier this morning from the Kolyma River, we talked an interesting mix of broken English, Russian and Swedish/Norwegian.
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What will 2011 bring?
What will this year be like? If I had to believe the weatheronline prediction it will be 15 degrees (Celsius!) and rain for the first few days we're there.
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Siberian cooking
The Northeast Science station in Cherskiy is one of the most remote places I have ever been, yet we have internet, showers, washing machines, a sauna and …. good food! All the credits for this last, most crucial survival need should be given to Valentina, our charming cook that creates lovely meals, salads and impressive birthday cakes in our little kitchen on the old barge in the Pantaleikha river.…
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From Sweden to Siberia!
Hej! My name is Jorien Vonk, born & raised in Holland, but I just finished my PhD at Stockholm University a few weeks ago. I have been looking at terrestrial carbon (from thawing permafrost) from a marine point of view; what happens to this material once it arrives in the coastal ocean?…
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