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22 Converging Dots
If each of the 22 participants in the 2011 Polaris Project field course was a dot on a map, right now we’d cover much of the USA and even…
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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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Welcome to the Polaris Project
“I didn’t think anyone went to Siberia willingly,” a friend replied when I told him I was going there with the Polaris Project. Gulags are the first images evoked…
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Max Wilbert Wins Journalism Award
Max Wilbert, a recent graduate from Western Washington University and a participant in the 2010 Polaris Project field course, has just won a national competition for his article “Siberian…
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Erin Seybold Awarded Fulbright
Erin Seybold, a senior at St. Olaf College and a participant in the 2009 and 2010 Polaris Project field courses, has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study in…
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Heather Alexander Awarded NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship
Heather Alexander, one of the five 2010 Polaris Project “Affiliates” (see Team page), has been awarded a prestigious NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship to continue her work on the boreal forest…
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Polaris 2011 Students Selected
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…
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It may be Snowmageddon in the Lower 48, but what about the Arctic?
While the US has seen an unusually cold winter so far (with several large snowstorms battering New England as well as sweeping across the nation), you may wonder whether…
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Apply Now for Summer 2011
Undergraduate students interested in participating in the Polaris Project Siberian field course should complete their application by February 20, 2011. To be eligible to…
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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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Polaris Project on NPR
Max Holmes was recently interviewed about the Polaris Project for the 30-minute NPR radio show “The Point”. The interview was broadcast on Tuesday, September 14, on WCAI. It has…
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17 AGU Abstracts
Each December in San Francisco, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) holds the world’s largest scientific conference that focuses on Earth sciences. This year, Polaris Project participants submitted 17 abstracts…
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Photo Essay: Ambarchik
Ambarchik was a Soviet prison camp (gulag) beginning in the 1930’s. This place has a sad feeling to it, perched on the edge of the world, the Arctic Ocean…
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