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Mann et al JGR 2012
Mann, P. J., A. Davidova, N. Zimov, R. G. M. Spencer, S. Davidov, E. Bulygina, S. Zimov, and R. M. Holmes. 2012. Controls on the composition and lability of…
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Why Do I Do This?
I’m sitting on the Barge, drinking a cup of coffee, watching snow whip across the Panteleikha River. More than 24 hours of rain and snow have turned the dirt…
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Polaris Project Research Symposium
Students in the Polaris Project are asked to do the impossible: travel more than half way around the world to the Siberian Arctic, design and implement a research project,…
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Polaris 2012 Launches Tomorrow!
After months of planning, the 2012 Polaris Project Expedition begins tomorrow. Participants from all over the United States will converge on JFK Airport in New York (some people from…
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Congratulations to Claire Griffin!
Claire Griffin (Polaris 2009) has just been awarded a prestigious and highly-competitive NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for her proposal titled “Organic Matter in Large Arctic Rivers from Field and…
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Equipment at the Northeast Science Station
The Kolyma River watershed is one of earth’s most important regions because of the vast amount of ancient carbon currently stored in its permafrost. The Northeast Science Station, near…
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Polaris Project at SACNAS
The Polaris Project had an information and recruitment booth at the recent SACNAS conference in San Jose, California. The mission of SACNAS, the Society for the Advancement of Native…
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Griffin et al JGR 2011
Griffin, C. G., K. E. Frey, J. Rogan, and R. M. Holmes. 2011. Spatial and interannual variability of dissolved organic matter in the Kolyma River, East Siberia,…
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Claire Griffin Publishes Her Polaris Project Research
In January 2008, Claire Griffin (a sophomore at Clark University) applied for the inaugural Polaris Project expedition. She was accepted. Unfortunately, one month before leaving, Claire fell off…
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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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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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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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