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Advanced Flower Picking

Posted by Lindsey Parkinson on July 18, 2012

A lot of what we do here, and what other scientists do elsewhere, may sound complicated but when broken down into component parts it is predominantly simple menial labor….

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Duvannyi Yar

Posted by Lindsey Parkinson on July 13, 2012

Normally fifteen people sleep on the barge while others sleep at the station itself on the hill above the river. In order to nearly double our occupancy empty bunks…

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They Tried to Prepare Us…

Posted by Lindsey Parkinson on July 4, 2012

They tried to prepare us. Bug shirts and bug spray were on the packing list as necessary items. The Polaris website has pictures and video of the swarming masses….

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Tonight, the Journey Begins

Posted by Lindsey Parkinson on June 25, 2012

While our counterparts in the eastern US begin the trek tomorrow afternoon, those of us on the west coast start tonight. I’m on a flight leaving Seattle at 11:10PM…

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