Field Notes
During, before, and after the field course, Polaris students and faculty share their thoughts through journal entries.
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Back from Moscow in 32 hours
After the Polaris Project folks landed in Chicago we wandered through the airport leaving members off at different gates to make it to their final destinations. The Seattle folks got a little extra time together with a two and a half hour delay on top of a planned four hour layover.…
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Boarding the plane to Chicago….
Boarding the plane to Chicago. 11 hours to go… /ab #fb…
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Off to the Moscow airport and …
Off to the Moscow airport and on our final legs of our trip home to the US. We all leave a piece of our heart behind in Russia. /kf #fb…
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We have arrived in Moscow! The…
We have arrived in Moscow! The neverending day as we travel westward. 3 breakfasts before noon already! http://twitpic.com/c04ez /kf #fb…
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2 time zones down, 17 to go! W…
2 time zones down, 17 to go! We’re in and out of Yakutsk in a flash, already waiting for our flight to Moscow. /kf #fb…
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The Polaris Project will leave…
The Polaris Project will leave Cherskiy in a few hours. We are packing and cleaning the barge. Lots of mixed feelings. /ab #fb…
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Sights, smells and feel…ings
Our time on the barge is getting closer to an end and I thought I would try to express some of the little things that characterize our home. The first thing is the breeze. The breeze on your face feels great on a warm day clears the air of any
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The Buzz on the Barge
Today there is excitement among our group for many reasons. We are still riding the high from our unbelievable day trip to the tundra. Yesterday morning, after a brief breakfast, we strapped on the life vests and headed north along the Kolyma River.…
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To the Tundra!
Today, we finally headed off to further north then even Cherskiy. We’ve been trying to get out there for a few days, but the weather had been bad. Today dawned bright and beautiful, so after a quick breakfast we packed into four small boats and headed off to the Kolyma
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Look Mom! I can time travel!
Today the group finally got to adventure into the past – the Pleistocene to be specific! After a hearty lunch of moose stew, we embarked in an armada of boats and traveled by river to Pleistocene Park. After hearing and reading so much about this incredible experiment, this was a
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Probe Deep in a Thermokarst Lake
To appease all the fast-paced, twitter-minded, brevity-seeking, economical folks out there, this blog post will be an exercise in the ultimate 21st century succinctness. The last week will be summarized in the following bullet points: . Sudeep’s barrel project allowed us to get intimate with a thermokarst lake… …and eaten
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Polaris State-side
Due to an unfortunate turn of events, I was unable to return to Siberia this year but have been an avid follower of the blog and am happy to see this year’s group is having an amazing time! It seems many projects have taken off and it’s exciting to read
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recent doings
Embarking on this trip, all of us students knew we were soon to design some kind of research project. Most of us were thinking about projects aimed at terrestrial, lake or stream systems. I wanted to try something different, though. I wanted to find some way to talk locals. …
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