Now it feels like Siberia. With our arrival in Cherskiy, we see things start to unfold and project ideas becoming planned activities. The realization of where you are in the world takes a while to set in. The landscape goes on forever and the mental preparation does not do the landscape justice. Projects continue to come along, some members are setting up in the aquatic and terrestrial labs and running equipment, while others are gathering fuel for doing controlled burn experiments. Timelines are starting to form and our schedule for the day is set with equipment set up and some field trips. Gathering tonight at dinner and hearing how the first full day of science goes will be interesting. Seeing everyone absorbed into their specific work shows the immense planning that has gone into peoples projects and the incredible and surprising results that will be obtained.