Lindsey Parkinson

Advanced Flower Picking
Posted on July 18, 2012
My project is the first steps of the biodiversity survey. I find, picture, and identify as many of the flora and fauna in the region as I can then put the pictures and names together to create a field guide to Cherskiy. It would be impossible to categorize all life here in three weeks so I am focusing on the plants. As such the distillation of my project is flower picking.
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Duvannyi Yar
Posted on July 13, 2012
The barge casted off after dinner on the 11th, around 10:30 PM. By 1PM the next day the hills began to sparkle with exposed permafrost. Everyone was excited for our fieldtrip. New places to sample for some of us, new adventures for all of us.
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They Tried to Prepare Us…
Posted on July 4, 2012
They tried to prepare us. Bug shirts and bug spray were on the packing list as necessary items. The Polaris website has pictures and video of the swarming masses. But no matter what someone tells you, it is not the same as being out in it.
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Tonight, the Journey Begins
Posted on June 25, 2012
While our counterparts in the eastern US begin the trek tomorrow afternoon, those of us on the west coast start tonight.
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