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Last Minute Preparations
Well there are only three days left before we leave on our trip. As you can see from Melissa and Joanne’s blogs the three of us just returned from…
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Bummin’ a ride
Hi, this is Mike Loranty. Several colleagues and I are heading to Siberia too. I’m a postdoctoral fellow at the Woods Hole Research Center working with Dr. Scott Goetz….
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Winter in June
Hi everyone! Only six more days until our departure! As Melissa mentioned in her post, this past week the UNR Polaris crew was up at…
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Preparations
Despite the excitement of commencement and reunion, the Carleton College website found room to publish a story I wrote about the Polaris…
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Ready…Set…
ACID WASH! Hello from Northfield, MN, where Erin and I are washing scint vials like mad people. We’ve been here since classes let out doing some wetland/prairie research and preparing for…
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Counting Down the Days
As I count down the days until we leave for the trip (as of today twelve), I am occupied with packing, reading and preparing. Last week I had the…
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A Taste of the Field
Well, just finished packing all of my field gear and soon Emily and I will be on our way to Castle Lake, near Shasta CA, to do preparatory training for…
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greetings from kate in washington state
hello! my name is kate. and im a new member to the polaris team this year! im a senior at western washington university majoring in environmental science with…
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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…
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Only two more weeks until we leave for Russia!
As you may be able to tell from the year-round addition of blog entries, participation in the Polaris Project stretches far beyond our month-long stay in Siberia. Right…
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Less than two months until departure!
As the school year is winding down, I am getting increasingly excited about spending the summer in Siberia. My name is Lydia Russell-Roy and I am a senior at…
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Hello From Clark University
Hi everyone! It is Cassandra and Blaize, we are writing to you from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. Cassandra and I got together to start to plan, prepare and talk…
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Hi everyone!
Hi everyone! My name is Melissa Robbins and I’m a junior at the University of Nevada-Reno where I major in Environmental Science with minors in ecohydrology and wildlife. Most of…
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Prepare for your cunning adversary
By now, I’m sure all the new students have heard rumors of the cunning behemoths otherwise known as Siberian mosquitoes. The rumors, I am sorry to confirm, are…
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Hello!
Hi everyone! My name is Elliot Vaughan and I am a junior at Carleton College in Minnesota. I am majoring in biology and also take a lot of Spanish classes…
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