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At AGU, appreciating the unknown
I stepped off the plane in San Francisco at 9pm local time on Sunday December…
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Sailing & sampling slumps: Science on the tundra
Finally done with all of my sampling yesterday with the help of other DREAM TEAM (aquatic team) members featuring other beautiful souls! Yay! Today I…
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Polaris students bonded by science, tundra experiences
When we got here, we barely knew each other. We had spent just a few days together, a training weekend in April, a…
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Two unforgettable weeks on a stunning landscape
As our time at the Polaris Project field camp in the YK Delta comes to an end, I’ve been reflecting on the past two…
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Unsettling heat, storms & smoke on the tundra
A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog in transit about…
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Feeling the heat: Alaska Natives and the salmon they depend on
I was initially drawn to the Polaris project because of its focus on conducting field-based research about climate change in Alaska. The location, the…
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The joy of changing plans
For most of my peers and I, leaving for Alaska is a large change from our everyday norm. In fact, for many of…
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Studying the connection between grasses, fires, and methane
When we arrived at our field camp in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta last week, the term “fen” had been…
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Field-testing science in the YKD
My arrival in the tundra was three days ago when we float-planed to the remote Polaris field camp in the Yukon Kuskokwim…
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Coming back to camp
The 2019 Polaris team arrived at the field site today, after piling into two planes and flying across the tundra. I remembered the…
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As climate warms, tundra fire cycles are changing
While traveling in the slow-moving morning commute from the suburbs of Massachusetts to Boston, I have time to reflect on my experiences that…
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Going to the tundra? There’s a map for that
“The number one rule of cartographia was that if you could not observe a phenomena, you were not allowed to depict it on your…
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A paradise of wonder
The ground of the tundra is almost as unpredictable as the weather. Just as the beating…
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Aquatic sampling
It’s a little cold and damp this morning, the tents and sleeping bags are warm enough but sleeping on the tundra may take…
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A diverse – yet unified – group
The 2018 Polaris project participants are a diverse group of minds unified on the tundra of Alaska to investigate questions of climate change….
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