• 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 ‘thank you’ to family.” Today I leave one family to return to another.…

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  • I broke an escalator

    The permafrost crew is together and up to no good.

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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 (slowly) approached our dramatic landing in Cherskii. Needless to say, I'm a little nostalgic.

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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 hair has appeared on the right side of my face.

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