Max Wilbert – The Polaris Project

Wilbert senior thesis

Posted by Max Wilbert on October 10, 2011

Wilbert, Max. Siberian Summer. Huxley College Senior Thesis, Western Washington University, February 2011.

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Max Wilbert Wins Journalism Award

Posted by Max Holmes on May 4, 2011

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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2010 Photos

Posted by Andy Bunn on January 27, 2011

After pointless and senseless delay we have updated the photos page with a subset of the 2010 photos…

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Linder et al AGU 2010

Posted by admin on October 1, 2010

Linder, C. A., M. Wilbert, and R. M. Holmes. 2010. Multimedia storytelling. American Geophysical Union, fall meeting, San Francisco, California.

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Photo Essay: Ambarchik

Posted by Max Wilbert on August 31, 2010

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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Now The Real Work Begins…

Posted by Max Wilbert on August 6, 2010

For many of us, the field portion of the Polaris Project was just the beginning. While the scientists have haystacks of data to sift through, I have a stack…

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Seven Lessons from a Northern Adventure

Posted by Max Wilbert on July 25, 2010

We left Saturday morning on what we imagined would be a long, hard day trip to the Arctic Ocean and tundra. We ended up weathering a storm in a…

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To Duvannyi Yar and Back Again…

Posted by Max Wilbert on July 21, 2010

Hello everyone! Its our first update in a while, as the internet has been intermittent and the team has just returned from a two day trip upriver….

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We’re Alive!

Posted by Max Wilbert on July 16, 2010

Below is a series of snapshots of all Polaris students taken over the past few days. Maybe a bit rough around the edges after almost 2 weeks…

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9 Days And Counting…

Posted by Max Wilbert on July 10, 2010

When the sun does not set, keeping track of the days becomes problematic. They blend together – yesterday’s sun and sweat fading into today’s rain and thick clouds. Sweet…

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Seattle to Moscow

Posted by Max Wilbert on July 4, 2010

Our first full day in Russia! We arrived last night after 15 hours on planes, first from Seattle to Washington DC, then on to Moscow. The road that…

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Howdy!

Posted by Max Wilbert on April 2, 2010

Hello everyone. My name is Max Wilbert, and I am the Western Washington student who will be working with Chris Linder on multimedia production this summer. I’m quite looking…

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