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Learning to Speak
I couldn’t believe it was me, but there I was, talking at American Chemical Society (ACS) session on Modern Analytical Approaches for the Characterization of Natural Organic Matter in the…
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Polaris reunion at the American Geophysical Union conference
The 2014 American Geophysical Union(AGU) Conference in San Francisco was a wonderful experience for the Polaris Project as well as for outreach to educators. The week began on Sunday…
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Presentation Adrenaline or, That’s a Charming Polygon! Here, Look at Mine
The night before my poster at the American Geophysical Union meeting, I barely slept. I had expected nerves and excitement, but I surprised myself with the level of anticipation…
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The Mud-Filled Path to Graduate School
From the muddy wetlands of the Hudson River in New York to the permafrost-fed streams of the Siberian Arctic, my path to graduate school–has quite literally–included trekking through mud…
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Preparing for the Ball
There was an amazing moment, after I finished explaining my draft graphs for the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting to Sue, John, and Mike over Skype last week,…
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I’ve Got Gas, Let’s Leave…
In a few short hours we’ve converted our busy, messy, chaotic lab space into the clean, organized, lab it was when we arrived. This field season, while long, productive,…
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There’s liver in it
Having lived in Siberia for seven weeks now, I no longer feel like a visitor at the Northeast Science Station. Orbita and the station feel more like home, making…
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These Questions Remain
In the aftermath of our symposium presentations at the Northeast Science Station, I thought about what further analyses to run on the data I collected in the…
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Home Safely
We have returned safely back home, with mixed feelings, at least in my case. I’m happy to be back, but miss the friends we left behind at the Northeast…
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The Calm after the Storm
The core group has been gone from Cherskiy for not an hour, and already an eerie silence has settled over the Northeast Science Station. Craig Connoly,…
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Bringing it all together…
“A map does not just chart, it unlocks and formulates meaning; it forms bridges between here and there, between disparate ideas that we did not know were previously connected…” -R….
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Making Outreach Connections
Today was a very special day for me. Through the good graces of our hosts here at the Northeast Science Station, and particularly Nastya, I was able…
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Expectations Exceeded
All of the expectations that I had of the tundra did not amount to the beauty and indescribable features of the landscape nor the vast variety of questions that…
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Out of the Field and into the Lab
Since we have returned form the tundra the core students have been working endlessly on preparing their samples and collecting the various measurements in the laboratories at the station….
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Voyage South
I knew I did not want to leave the tundra. As I stood with friends on the cliff next to the sand spit where the barge was parked, I…
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