Sam Dunn
Sam is a 2011 and 2010 participant of the Polaris Project. Sam attends St. Olaf College where he is a senior majoring in Biology. Sam is from Vadnais Heights, Minnesota.
Journals
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Late nights in the lab
Good evening/morning! While the rest of the group is sleeping, Elliott, Emily and myself are on a vacuum-filtering marathon in the soils lab. It’s about 1:30, morale is high, and we hope to be done by breakfast later this morning. Late nights in the lab are special time for all those involved and gives us [...]
- By Sam Dunn
- July 26, 2010
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The funny gas…N2O
Yesterday, Nikita, Blaize and I journeyed to the Omalon in support of two projects here in Siberia (See Max’s blog below). The river survey group have already introduced themselves, but Nikita and my project is a more recent development and has not yet been described here. I am still working on terrestrial systems as was [...]
- By Sam Dunn
- July 14, 2010
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Privyet!
We’ve successfully made it to Yakutsk! Right now, Andrew, Sudeep, John, Kate B, Polaris Alum Anya (2008), and I are sitting in the third floor lobby of our hotel, all on our laptops, trying to determine how long our internet will last (150 Mb limit). We’ve now flown 2 redeyes and have covered (from [...]
- By Sam Dunn
- July 04, 2010
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Ready…Set…
ACID WASH! Hello from Northfield, MN, where Erin and I are washing scint vials like mad people. We’ve been here since classes let out doing some wetland/prairie research and preparing for our trip to Russia. Our research has been winding down as our preparations have wound up and we are very excited to be leaving soon <– [...]
- By Sam Dunn
- June 21, 2010
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Hello!
I guess I’ll get the ball rolling for the new students. My name is Sam Dunn, I am Junior at St. Olaf College majoring in Biology with a concentration in Environmental Studies. I’ve previously done work in streams and wetlands with methane and nitrous oxide flux, but for my time in Siberia I am thinking [...]
- By Sam Dunn
- March 29, 2010