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  • Homeward bound…

    Posted by Max Holmes on July 26, 2008

    We’re all currently sitting in an cafe in Moscow, reflecting on the past 3+ weeks of the Polaris Project and getting excited about the fact that we’re heading…


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  • Our last days… LAB work!

    Posted by Boyd Zapatka on July 22, 2008

    July 22, 2008 Upon return from a truly spectacular trip up North to the tundra, we’re back in Cherksiy and have spent the last few days in the labs analyzing…


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  • Into the tundra!

    Posted by Kate Willis on July 21, 2008

    7/21/2008 Yesterday afternoon, the students and PIs were given the options to either embark on an adventure up north by boat for a few days, or to work on data in Cherskiy. …


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  • A Journey Back to the Pleistocene!

    Posted by Tyler Llewellyn on July 18, 2008

    July 18, 2008 Today we went on an excursion to Pleistocene Park, Sergei Zimov’s largest experiment.  The park consists of roughly 40,000 acres of forest, shrubland, lakes, streams, and if Sergei…


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  • Off the river and thinking about mammoths

    Posted by Sudeep Chandra on July 16, 2008

    July 17, 2008 Author: Sudeep Chandra As you may have gathered from the other blogs, we have just returned from a multiday trip up the Kolyma, a river that flows into…


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  • Kolymskoe and river water sampling

    Posted by Kate Willis on July 16, 2008

    7/16/08 Today began by splitting into our study groups. The filled-in lake (which are called alas) group went back to Duvannyi Yar and found a large alas to…


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  • Arrival at Cherskiy station, 70 km from the ocean!

    Posted by Sudeep Chandra on July 14, 2008

    July 14 2008 Author: Sudeep Chandra We arrived at the Cherskiy Research station a few days ago.  Check out our location by typing in “Cherskiy Russia” on Google maps. The ride…


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  • Life on a Barge

    Posted by Matt Ruppel on July 14, 2008

    July 14th 2008 Our boyant “hotel-like structure” is being pulled up the Kolyma, en route for Duvannyi Yar. Valentin was especially excited, since he is a scientist from the…


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  • Reflections on a meat donut

    Posted by John Schade on July 14, 2008

    July 14, 2008 Day three on the barge, and we are currently in the middle of the Kolyma river. The barge is being pulled along south so we can experience…


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  • Our First Day of Travel

    Posted by Katie Abbott on July 13, 2008

    7/13/2008 When we woke up this morning we were slowly moving south along the Kolyma River.  Our destination is a two-day trip to Duvanniy Yar, a place were there are…


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  • Coring Trees and Scaling Fish

    Posted by Tyler Llewellyn on July 12, 2008

    July 12,  2008 Waking up early to help Sudeep organize his chlorophyll data, Kate and Boyd were busy analyzing and differentiating the data based on date and lake…


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  • Day 1 of fieldwork!

    Posted by Kate Willis on July 11, 2008

    This morning began with fresh minds, fresh rolls (with jelly!) and a talk given by Katey Walter about her research on methane emissions from nearby lakes.  These emissions have…


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  • Finally in Cherskii!

    Posted by Boyd Zapatka on July 10, 2008

    July 10th After an early morning wake up (4:30 am) and breakfast on the way to the airport, we left Yakutsk in a small prop airplane.  While there had been…


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  • Data analysis and swimming in the Lena

    Posted by Matt Ruppel on July 10, 2008

    July 9, 2008 (We were unable to post this due to disabled internet connection in Cherskiy) Waking up fairly early to a delicious breakfast in our hotel (thank you Katey and…


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  • Well wishes from the States…

    Posted by holly.faulstich on July 9, 2008

    Hey team, Holly here. I just wanted to let everyone know that I’m still alive and I made it back ok…just ten pounds lighter (new Russian dieting technique?). Turns out…


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