Journals – Page 32 – The Polaris Project

AGU Presentation

Posted by Boyd Zapatka on December 18, 2008

Today, Tyler and I presented our poster at the AGU Conference, the most prominent earth science conference in the world, in San Francisco. Our poster was located in the…

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Polaris meeting at AGU

Posted by Andy Bunn on December 15, 2008

Most of the PIs and at least four of the students from the 2008 field class are meeting this week at the American Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting….

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Good press

Posted by Andy Bunn on December 8, 2008

Here is a nice article on the Summer 2008 field class in the Worcester paper. Good job Matt, Kate, Boyd, Bill, and Karen – nice article!

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Website overhaul coming soon

Posted by Andy Bunn on November 21, 2008

It is getting to the point where students at the various colleges and universities are looking at the website and contemplating applying to the field course and spending part…

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AGU and Outreach

Posted by Boyd Zapatka on September 15, 2008

A few days ago, Tyler and I submitted an abstract to hopefully present at the AGU Conference in San Francisco in December. With the help of Andy, Max, and…

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Homeward bound…

Posted by Max Holmes on July 26, 2008

We’re all currently sitting in an cafe in Moscow, reflecting on the past 3+ weeks of the Polaris Project and getting excited about the fact that we’re heading…

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Our last days… LAB work!

Posted by Boyd Zapatka on July 22, 2008

July 22, 2008 Upon return from a truly spectacular trip up North to the tundra, we’re back in Cherksiy and have spent the last few days in the labs analyzing…

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Into the tundra!

Posted by Kate Willis on July 21, 2008

7/21/2008 Yesterday afternoon, the students and PIs were given the options to either embark on an adventure up north by boat for a few days, or to work on data in Cherskiy. …

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A Journey Back to the Pleistocene!

Posted by Tyler Llewellyn on July 18, 2008

July 18, 2008 Today we went on an excursion to Pleistocene Park, Sergei Zimov’s largest experiment. The park consists of roughly 40,000 acres of forest, shrubland, lakes, streams, and if Sergei…

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Off the river and thinking about mammoths

Posted by Sudeep Chandra on July 16, 2008

July 17, 2008 Author: Sudeep Chandra As you may have gathered from the other blogs, we have just returned from a multiday trip up the Kolyma, a river that flows into…

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Kolymskoe and river water sampling

Posted by Kate Willis on July 16, 2008

7/16/08 Today began by splitting into our study groups. The filled-in lake (which are called alas) group went back to Duvannyi Yar and found a large alas to…

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Arrival at Cherskiy station, 70 km from the ocean!

Posted by Sudeep Chandra on July 14, 2008

July 14 2008 Author: Sudeep Chandra We arrived at the Cherskiy Research station a few days ago. Check out our location by typing in “Cherskiy Russia” on Google maps. The ride…

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Life on a Barge

Posted by Matt Ruppel on July 14, 2008

July 14th 2008 Our boyant “hotel-like structure” is being pulled up the Kolyma, en route for Duvannyi Yar. Valentin was especially excited, since he is a scientist from the…

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Reflections on a meat donut

Posted by John Schade on July 14, 2008

July 14, 2008 Day three on the barge, and we are currently in the middle of the Kolyma river. The barge is being pulled along south so we can experience…

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Our First Day of Travel

Posted by Katie Abbott on July 13, 2008

7/13/2008 When we woke up this morning we were slowly moving south along the Kolyma River. Our destination is a two-day trip to Duvanniy Yar, a place were there are…

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