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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…
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Permafrost: Drilling and Digging
(This post is by Mark Paricio, a PolarTREC teacher accompanying the Polaris Project this year. To read all of Mark’s posts, go to:
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Above My Already High Expectations
What do you expect when you are going to Siberia to work with world-class scientists? I had high expectations just like my fellow students. But what I have experienced…
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From Flames to Forests
As part of my NSF-Funded Post-Doctoral Fellowship, I have spent the last year talking with colleagues and friends to try and determine the best approach for conducting plot-level experimental…
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Life at the Northeast Science Station
(This post is by Mark Paricio, a PolarTREC teacher accompanying the Polaris Project this year. To read all of Mark’s posts, go to:
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Fire & Enzymes
I have found myself with the terrestrial crew, which was no surprise, but more specifically with the experimental burn crew, and that has been exciting. So far we have…
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Halfway through?
I can’t believe we are almost halfway through our time here in Cherskiy. Everyone is so involved in their research that time is flying, each long day passing by…
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Fire Science
Burn day. Our anticipation has been fueled (literally) by expectations, curiosities, and uncertainties of conducting experimental burns here at the Northeast Science Station. Our long-term goal for this project…
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And now for something completely different
The shock of stepping off that plane has worn off a little. The snow has melted off the top of the distant peaks and the station is buzzing with…
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Dinner is Served!
(This post is by Mark Paricio, a PolarTREC teacher accompanying the Polaris Project this year. To read all of Mark’s posts, go to:
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Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire
(This post is by Mark Paricio, a PolarTREC teacher accompanying the Polaris Project this year. To read all of Mark’s posts, go to:
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Moss Fluffing and Mosquito Watching
(This post is by Mark Paricio, a PolarTREC teacher accompanying the Polaris Project this year. To read all of Mark’s posts, go to:
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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….
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Using a fish finder…but not to catch fish
Today we took the inflatable boat out on Such’ye Lake, which is about a kilometer from the station. First part of the day was spent taking optical measurements using…
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High Altitude meets Low Altitude
(This post is by Mark Paricio, a PolarTREC teacher accompanying the Polaris Project this year. To read all of Mark’s posts, go to:
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