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Fog on the Panteleikha, 2am on July 19
Watching the Panteleikha River fill with fog was one of the finest things I’ve seen.
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Duvannyi Yar Recap
“I’ve got some good news: we’re going to Duvannyi Yar tomorrow!” That’s how John informed us of our imminent departure for one of the most famous sites we visit…
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From 68 31’N and 161 02’E and heading N at 8 km/hr.
We have some time to do limited lab work (and even a semi-mobile internet connection) while we…
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Still steaming back to Cherski…
Still steaming back to Cherskiy – students are pensive and trying to absorb their experience walking through the Pleistocene. /ab #fb
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Heading back Cherskiy from Duv…
Heading back Cherskiy from Duvannyi Yar. We did some good science, got loads of data, and found mammoth bones. More to follow. /js #fb
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We have arrived at Duvannyi Ya…
We have arrived at Duvannyi Yar – a site few scientists have seen. The permafrost exposure with megafaunal remains is spectacular. /ab #fb
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Onward to Duvannyi Yar
A lot has happened since last time I blogged. As a group we have started to narrow…
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My Bear Grylls Experience
Hi everyone. A lot of what I’ve been doing related to the permafrost soil has been the same (digging profiles…
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Snow in July and Pie for Breakfast
I woke up this morning to Erin standing shivering in our room, “It’s so freaking cold.” Five…
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BGAN from the barge
Some of asked us how our communiques are getting out from our remote position. The answer is that we are using a satellite-based Internet antenna. We point…
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Rivers and Lakes from Space!
I’m the resident student geographer on the barge, so my background and project are…
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From Peat to Pittsburgh
When I started this post it had been a while since anybody wrote. Then I got distracted and things changed. But I guess this is still relevant, so here’s…
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Succes in the lab! But…
The plague of the Hebrews has struck the barge. Ok, I may be exaggerating a little bit. Not quite a biblical plague, but a mere cold/flu outbreak has reached…
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Optimism…
Most of the Polaris Project participants have probably heard me say how seeing the airplane that we take from Yakutsk to Cherskiy immediately separates the optimists from the pessimists. …
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