Lydia Russell-Roy
Lydia is a 2010 participant of the Polaris Project. She graduated from Carleton College in 2010 where she studied biology. Lydia is from Milton, Massachusetts.
Journals
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On the Road Again
Today was a long, sad day. We spent the morning packing, cleaning and swimming in the Panteleikha one last time. Right after lunch we loaded up the bus and said good-bye to the Station. It was hard leaving behind the four returning students and all the people at the Northeast Science Station that made our [...]
- By Lydia Russell-Roy
- July 30, 2010
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Riding in the Argo
Recently we went on a field trip to Rodinka the large hill/small mountain that dominates our eastern view. Wearing our bug shirts, and covered in DEET, we rode on a bus blasting Russian techno hits. It could have been a party bus, if it hadn’t been full of mosquitoes and gnats. As we drove through [...]
- By Lydia Russell-Roy
- July 12, 2010
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Swimming in the Arctic
Four flights, five days, and sixteen time zones later, we have finally arrived at our barge home. Although it was fun to explore Yakutsk and Moscow, I am relieved that I won’t have to pack again for twenty days. The barge is comfortably compact and provides stunning views of the Panteleikha and the mountain beyond. [...]
- By Lydia Russell-Roy
- July 06, 2010
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Less than two months until departure!
As the school year is winding down, I am getting increasingly excited about spending the summer in Siberia. My name is Lydia Russell-Roy and I am a senior at Carleton College majoring in Biology with a French and Francophone Studies concentration. My interest in limnology and fieldwork began when I first put on waders and [...]
- By Lydia Russell-Roy
- May 10, 2010