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Congratulations to our Alums
I have always marveled at the remarkable achievements of our students, before, during and after the summer research expedition. This year is no exception, and I take great joy…
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No Core Experience
When Heather Alexander tried to thank the Zimovs for hosting us at the Northeast Science Station, Sergey Zimov reprimanded her saying “We are all family, we do not say…
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I broke an escalator
The permafrost crew is together and up to no good. Less than a minute after meeting each other for the first time, Galina and I (Well, mostly Galina) broke…
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Flyin’ Solo
Reading the travel posts of my core group friends, both old and soon to be, I fondly remember the anticipation and excitement that grew within our group as we…
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Arctic Science in High School Environmental Science Classrooms
This spring Seth Spawn and I, and another St. Olaf student named Kirsten Maier, created a partnership with two environmental science high school teachers at Harding High School in…
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Growing Up
It’s been a week of rapid change here in Cherskiy. The “inter-niet” has switched to “inter-da”, tropical heat has replaced arctic snow and, for the first time ever, facial…
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