Fourteen undergraduate students have been selected to participate in the summer 2011 Polaris Project field course / research experience in the Siberian Arctic.  Though we had to decline many outstanding applicants, we are thrilled that all of the students we extended offers to have accepted our invitations.  They are:

Mantsa Andzhushey – Moscow State University

Dylan Broderick – Clark University

Ivan Dubinenkov – Moscow State University

Sam Dunn – St. Olaf College

Eirik Henriksen – Tromso University (Norway)

Sarah Ludwig – St. Olaf College

Laurel Lynch – St. Olaf College

Michael Melendez – University of Puerto Rico

Matt Moroney – Western Washington Univ.

Eli Rhodes – University of Oklahoma

Juan Carlos Ortega Sanchez – University of Puerto Rico

Allison Stringer – Oregon State University

Emily Sturdivant – Clark University

Becky Tachihara – Western Washington University

Congratulations to all the students!

They will be joined by Bill Sobczak (Associate Professor, Holy Cross College), John Schade (Associate Professor, St. Olaf College), Andy Bunn (Associate Professor, Western Washington University), Ekaterina Bulygina (Research Assistant and Laboratory Manager, Woods Hole Research Center), Jorien Vonk (Post-Doctoral Scientist, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Paul Mann (Post-Doctoral Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center), Dallas Murphy (writer, New York City), and Max Holmes (Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center).

In addition, the staff of the Northeast Science Station are essential partners in the Polaris Project.  They include Sergey Zimov, Nikita Zimov, Galya Zimova, Sergey Davidov, and Anna Davidova.