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Greetings from Alaska
Greetings from the Alaskan tundra! The St. Olaf Crew (minus Seth, plus another Ole, Serina Robinson) has had the privilege to start our arctic research experience early at Sue…
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Arctic Science in High School Environmental Science Classrooms
This spring Seth Spawn and I, and another St. Olaf student named Kirsten Maier, created a partnership with two environmental science high school teachers at Harding High School in…
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Polaris 2013 Terrestrial Satellite group
A major goal this year on the terrestrial side of things is to quantify all things carbon (and more!) for the watershed of a small stream known as Y4,…
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The Polaris Project Reunites at the American Geophysical Union fall meeting, 2012
As an undergraduate participant the Polaris Project has afforded me many opportunities to learn about and research the Arctic. But in addition to that, the Polaris Project has helped…
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Reflection
Walking on to Western Washington University’s campus five years ago, I was sure that I was going to be a business major. I did DECA in high school, was…
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Travel Update!
After seemingly days of travel and delays, we seem to be making headway. The crew have all made Moscow safely and are now slowly saying their long goodbyes before…
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Last Minute Tree Sampling
(Mark Paricio is a PolarTREC Teacher accompanying the Polaris Project this summer. To read all of Mark’s journals, go to: http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/siberian-arctic-systems-study ) Last Minute Tree Sampling Over the…
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Why Do I Do This?
I’m sitting on the Barge, drinking a cup of coffee, watching snow whip across the Panteleikha River. More than 24 hours of rain and snow have turned the dirt…
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Parting Shots – A Cold, Windy, Snowy Day
(Mark Paricio is a PolarTREC Teacher accompanying the Polaris Project this summer. To read all of Mark’s journals, go to: http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/siberian-arctic-systems-study ) Parting Shots – A Cold,…
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Polaris Project Student Research – Seth Spawn (St. Olaf College)
(Mark Paricio is a PolarTREC Teacher accompanying the Polaris Project this summer. To read all of Mark’s journals, go to: http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/siberian-arctic-systems-study ) Polaris Project Student Research –…
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Student Research – Eric Taber (Colgate College) and Sam Berman (Clark University)
(Mark Paricio is a PolarTREC Teacher accompanying the Polaris Project this summer. To read all of Mark’s journals, go to: http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/siberian-arctic-systems-study ) Polaris Project Student Research –…
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5th Annual Polaris Project Symposium.
(Mark Paricio is a PolarTREC Teacher accompanying the Polaris Project this summer. To read all of Mark’s journals, go to: http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/siberian-arctic-systems-study ) 5th Annual Polaris Project…
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Student Research – Brandi Jo Petronio and Peter Ganzlin (University of Florida)
(Mark Paricio is a PolarTREC Teacher accompanying the Polaris Project this summer. To read all of Mark’s journals, go to: http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/siberian-arctic-systems-study ) Student Research – Brandi…
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What’s an Allometrist?
In ecology, a fundamental objective is taking our measurements, observations, and analyses from a manageable sampling and scaling these up to assess their implications on a large landscape. While…
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