• Advanced Flower Picking

    My project is the first steps of the biodiversity survey. I find, picture, and identify as many of the flora and fauna in the region as I can then put the pictures and names together to create a field guide to Cherskiy. It would be impossible to categorize all life here in three weeks so I am focusing on the plants. As such the distillation of my project is flower picking.

    Continue reading
  • Duvannyi Yar

    The barge casted off after dinner on the 11th, around 10:30 PM. By 1PM the next day the hills began to sparkle with exposed permafrost. Everyone was excited for our fieldtrip. New places to sample for some of us, new adventures for all of us.

    Continue reading
  • They Tried to Prepare Us…

    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. But no matter what someone tells you, it is not the same as being out in it.

    Continue reading
  • Tonight, the Journey Begins

    While our counterparts in the eastern US begin the trek tomorrow afternoon, those of us on the west coast start tonight.

    Continue reading

© 2020 The Polaris Project : Woodwell Climate Research Center