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An average day in the Arctic
Some may wonder what our daily activities are here in Cherskiy, Northeast Siberia. Besides the normal breakfast at 9, lunch at 2 and dinner at 9, we spend much…
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Polaris 2013 Has Begun!
The Polaris Project 2013 field expedition has officially begun with the arrival of the Aquatic Satellite group to the Northeast Science Station in Cherskiy, Russia. Sam Berman and Claire…
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Starting a new adventure!
Hi all, It is almost there, the time to leave the Netherlands behind and go to Siberia for a month! Today I got the last research stuff: vacuum air bags, a…
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Greetings from Alaska
Greetings from the Alaskan tundra! The St. Olaf Crew (minus Seth, plus another Ole, Serina Robinson) has had the privilege to start our arctic research experience early at Sue…
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Arctic Science in High School Environmental Science Classrooms
This spring Seth Spawn and I, and another St. Olaf student named Kirsten Maier, created a partnership with two environmental science high school teachers at Harding High School in…
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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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Polaris 2013 Terrestrial Satellite group
A major goal this year on the terrestrial side of things is to quantify all things carbon (and more!) for the watershed of a small stream known as Y4,…
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Polaris 2013 Aquatic Satellite group
With a small but international group we will spearhead this summer’s Polaris Project with the first expedition to Cherskiy (June 14 through July 9). Our team consists of: Claire Griffin…
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Polaris 2013 Permafrost satellite group
Permafrost satellite group includes: Valentin Spector (Head of Laboratory, Melnikov Permafrost Institute SB RAS, Yakutsk, Russia) – Co-PI; Alexander (Sasha) Kholodov (Post-Doctoral Scientist, University of Alaska Fairbanks) – Co-PI; Seth Spawn (St….
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Polaris 2013 Core Group Students
Welcome to the new students who will participate in the 2013 Polaris Project field course and research experience in the Siberian Arctic! We had many excellent applicants, and it…
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The Polaris Project Reunites at the American Geophysical Union fall meeting, 2012
As an undergraduate participant the Polaris Project has afforded me many opportunities to learn about and research the Arctic. But in addition to that, the Polaris Project has helped…
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Returning Student Applications
As described in an earlier post (Core and Satellites), each returning student or graduate student who participates in the Polaris Project expedition during summer 2013 will be associated…
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Core and Satellites
Although the Polaris Project has enjoyed remarkable success in the past, each year we try new things as we strive to continuously improve. The evolution of the Polaris Project…
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Reflection
Walking on to Western Washington University’s campus five years ago, I was sure that I was going to be a business major. I did DECA in high school, was…
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Travel Update!
After seemingly days of travel and delays, we seem to be making headway. The crew have all made Moscow safely and are now slowly saying their long goodbyes before…
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