Joanne Heslop – The Polaris Project

Spektor et al AGU 2011

Posted by admin on October 1, 2011

Spektor, V., J. Heslop, S. Davydov, S. Chandra, I. Klimova, N. Bakulina, E. B. Bulygina. 2011. On the genesis of Lower Kolyma Yedoma based on multidisciplinary approach….

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Heslop et al SoA 2010

Posted by admin on October 1, 2010

Heslop, J. N. Torgovkin, S. Chandra, V. Spektor, E. Bulygina, A. Bunn, S. Davydov, K. Frey, R. Holmes, J. Schade, W. Sobczak, K. Walter-Anthony, and S. Zimov. 2010….

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Chandra et al AGU 2010

Posted by admin on October 1, 2010

Chandra, S., J. Heslop, W. V. Sobczak, J. D. Schade, V. Spektor, R. M. Holmes, A. G. Bunn, E. B. Bulygina, K. M. Walter-Anthony, K. E. Frey, N. Zimov,…

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Heslop et al AGU 2010

Posted by admin on October 1, 2010

Heslop, J., S. Chandra, W. V. Sobczak, V. Spektor, A. Davydova, R. M. Holmes, E. B. Bulygina, J. D. Schade, K. E. Frey, A. G. Bunn, K. Walter-Anthony, S….

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And then there were four…

Posted by Joanne Heslop on August 1, 2010

Most of the students and PIs are in Moscow, preparing to board their flight home today. Blaize, Erin, Travis and I are in Cherskiy, continuing our research and…

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Yummy Yummy Yedoma

Posted by Joanne Heslop on July 28, 2010

Hi everyone! As of late, those of us working with soil have been busy with making soil extracts. Sam’s earlier post gives an indication as to our…

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Mammoth Tusks and 10,000 year old Bison Skulls

Posted by Joanne Heslop on July 14, 2010

Everyone has days where one amazing thing after another occurs. But…

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Introducing the Terrestrial Team

Posted by Joanne Heslop on July 9, 2010

Hello everyone! In the past 48 hours members of the Polaris Project have coalesced into different research teams. Sam and I are the terrestrial team, determined to…

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Winter in June

Posted by Joanne Heslop on June 26, 2010

Hi everyone! Only six more days until our departure! As Melissa mentioned in her post, this past week the UNR Polaris crew was up at…

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Only two more weeks until we leave for Russia!

Posted by Joanne Heslop on June 15, 2010

As you may be able to tell from the year-round addition of blog entries, participation in the Polaris Project stretches far beyond our month-long stay in Siberia. Right…

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Prepare for your cunning adversary

Posted by Joanne Heslop on April 4, 2010

By now, I’m sure all the new students have heard rumors of the cunning behemoths otherwise known as Siberian mosquitoes. The rumors, I am sorry to confirm, are…

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SoA and Introductions

Posted by Joanne Heslop on March 23, 2010

Hi everyone! Like the previous posts have said, we had a mini 2009 Polaris Project reunion at the State of the Arctic Conference in Miami last week. …

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Article on Permafrost Thaw in The Economist

Posted by Joanne Heslop on August 6, 2009

Check out this article in this week’s issue of The Economist on Arctic permafrost thaw. http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14119825

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Moving on to Phase Two

Posted by Joanne Heslop on August 2, 2009

Hello everyone. I hadn’t written a blog entry in awhile, so now that I am home and rested I thought I should post an update on where I…

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My Bear Grylls Experience

Posted by Joanne Heslop on July 15, 2009

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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