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Polaris 2017 team chosen
The Polaris Project is thrilled to announce that the 2017 group has been chosen. Our 18-person team includes 11 students (9 undergraduate and 2 graduate) who were selected from…
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Polaris 2017
The Polaris Project is thrilled to announce that we’re back! After a year-long funding gap curtailed operations following seven straight years in the Siberian Arctic, the Polaris Project will…
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Back from the Tundra
Saturday July 19, 2014 The main Polaris group has returned safely from their epic expedition to the tundra. All are now in Cherskiy, where they’ll spend their remaining days analyzing samples…
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Update from the Tundra – midnight July 11, 2014
I just got a satellite phone call from Chris Linder. It was midnight July 11 for him in Siberia, and 8 am July 11 for me in Washington DC….
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Krutaya Drisva: 69.3479°N, 161.4630°E
Last night I got a message from Sue Natali (Polaris Project Research Coordinator and 2014 Expedition Leader) reporting that the group had arrived safely at the remote tundra research…
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To the Tundra…
The Polaris Project has headed north from Cherskiy to spend ~12 days at a remote tundra field site. The way north is via the Kolyma River – they’ve headed…
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All Well in Cherskiy
The Polaris Project 2014 Expedition in now underway! Everyone made it to Cherskiy without incident and all are now settling in to their new routine. As is often the…
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Returning Student Application Instructions
One of the main goals of the Polaris Project is to develop the next generation of arctic researchers. As such, the Polaris Project is committed to finding opportunities for…
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Back from Duvannyi Yar – All Well
I just got a satellite phone call from Sue Natali to report that the Polaris group had just returned from a successful trip to Duvannyi Yar. The internet at…
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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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Denfeld et al Polar Research 2013
Denfeld, B. A., K. E. Frey, W. Sobczak, P. J. Mann, R. M. Holmes. In review. Summer CO2 evasion from streams and rivers in the Kolyma River…
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Mann et al 2013 GBC
Mann, P. J., R. G. M. Spencer, P. J. Hernes, G. R. Aiken, S. E. Tank, E. Bulygina, K. D. Butler, D. Butman, R. Y. Dyda, J. W. McClelland,…
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Holmes et al Climate Rivers 2012
Holmes, R. M., M. T. Coe, G.J. Fiske, T. Gurtovaya, J. W. McClelland, A. I. Shiklomanov, R. G. M. Spencer, S. E. Tank, A. V. Zhulidov. In press. Climate…
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Holmes et al Estuaries & Coasts 2012
Holmes, R. M., J. W. McClelland, B. J. Peterson, S. E. Tank, E. Bulygina, T. I. Eglinton, V. V. Gordeev, T. Y. Gurtovaya, P. A. Raymond, D. J. Repeta,…
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