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Chris and Andy on the radio
Seattle NPR listeners got a taste of Siberia with their coffee yesterday morning–Andy Bunn woke up at 4am in Cherskiy to talk with KUOW host Marcie Sillman. They were…
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Uh oh…looks like it’s going to be a hot couple of days
I’m sitting at the table in the common room before breakfast. Usually I’m up before the students but today there were several sitting glumly watching a kettle boil (apparently unaware…
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Reading list for 2013 and research goals
The core faculty (Sue, John, Paul, myself) have worked to come up with a reading list for all the new students that will be travelling to Cherskiy in…
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On the bus in Moscow
Max sent me a picture a few hours ago saying the group has cleared customs in Moscow and all is well. I’m sure we’ll hear more from them after…
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Converging on JFK
Many of the Polaris members from the United States are converging on JFK right now. A day of waiting (the first of several such days) before the flight to…
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Congrats to Ludda!
Many congratulations to 2011 student Sarah Ludda Ludwig. Ludda won one of this year’s prestigious Goldwater scholarships. St Olaf College has a nice write up here. This…
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A lot of 2012 applications
The 2012 deadline has passed and we received applications for this year’s field course from dozens of different universities. The folks that are going to review these have their…
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Dallas and Kate in the Denmark Strait
I just got a nice note from 2010 Polaris student Kate Lewis who was writing from Reykjavik harbor. Kate graduated from WWU and has been working at the…
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Converged in Cherskiy
We arrived in Cherskiy last night after two grueling flights across eight time zones from Mosocw to Yakutsk to Cherskiy. However, we landed in Cherskiy to clear, cool, and…
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Waiting on a plane
All 22 dots have made it to Moscow. We spent a peaceful night at the hotel-like structure as in years past and had an idyllic hour or so in…
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On the way to the hardware store
I’m packing to leave on the field course this Friday. We need some fresh supplies in Cherskiy. There are several trivial things on my list like ziplock bags and…
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2010 Photos
After pointless and senseless delay we have updated the photos page with a subset of the 2010 photos…
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Holed up and held up by bad weather
Hey all, Andy here – stateside. Max Holmes made a sat phone call back to the states. The group is delayed north of Cherskiy by bad weather. They have…
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Look right for tweets…
…while the Polaris Project is traveling they will issue updates via twitter. See the list of tweets on the right side of the main blog page or
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