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  • Bag Party

    Posted by Nigel Golden on July 6, 2014

    After a week in Siberia, I have learned the number one rule to follow when traveling abroad, and it is to “go with the flow.” I don’t say this…


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  • Independence Day

    Posted by John Schade on July 4, 2014

    We have been here for 3 days now, and just celebrated July 4th, with Seth leading us in what turned out to be an awful, but heartfelt, rendition of…


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  • Beginnings

    Posted by Megan Behnke on July 2, 2014

    At first I thought it was a boat. Or a white spot of reflection from inside the plane. It wasn’t. It was an ice berg. Then there were others, more…


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  • All Well in Cherskiy

    Posted by Max Holmes on July 2, 2014

    The Polaris Project 2014 Expedition in now underway!  Everyone made it to Cherskiy without incident and all are now settling in to their new routine.  As is often the…


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  • Many firsts

    Posted by Wendy Kingerlee on June 27, 2014

    Blogging? Posting on a blog site? This is a first for me. I’m old school. Finally, I had time this busy week to read the blogs that students have…


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  • Virtual Siberia vs. Reality

    Posted by Greg Fiske on June 27, 2014

    I’ve been to Siberia hundreds of times, maybe even thousands. Sometimes making several trips in the very same day.  I’ve seen its seasons, good weather, bad weather, the mountains…


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  • East Bound and Down

    Posted by Mike Loranty on June 25, 2014

    Greetings from Внуkово! The first wave of Polaris 2014 (Aaron, Craig, Erika, Heather, Homero, Mike, Sam, and Seth)  is indeed East Bound and Down (yes, this is a Smokey…


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  • Wonder and Fear

    Posted by Julian Theberge on June 23, 2014

    Mammoths started it all. Growing up I became infatuated with monsters of the ice age, reading with awe and terror of past geological epochs. Giant sloths, sabre tooth cats…


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  • Extending the Senses

    Posted by Sal Curasi on June 20, 2014

    Prior to sitting down and beginning to write this post I hadn’t given much thought as to what I would study in Siberia. My scientific background has focused on…


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  • From Salt Marsh to Siberia

    Posted by Jessica Eason on June 19, 2014

    My name is Jessica, I am a recent graduate of Brown University and I am from Mansfield, Massachusetts. My interests in science begin on the beaches of New England,…


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  • From the Caribbean to the Arctic…Wait, whaaat?

    Posted by Luis Weber Grullón on June 13, 2014

    Being the only participant who comes from Puerto Rico (where it is summer practically the whole year and where English is not the first language), the decision to go…


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  • Hello from the Land of Long Winters

    Posted by Nigel Golden on June 10, 2014

    My name’s Nigel Golden and I am a Pointer. For those who are not familiar with the name, it signifies that I’m a student at the University of Wisconsin…


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  • Change for the Best

    Posted by Erika Ramos on June 7, 2014

    I have always been very interested in ecology. However up until recently I didn’t know how to pursue my interests, and I had never been encouraged to do so….


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  • Beneath My Feet

    Posted by Kenzie Kuhn on June 5, 2014

    When I first told my family and close friends that I would be traveling across the world to spend a month doing fieldwork in Siberia, there was a lot…


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  • Impacts of Reaching Out in Texas

    Posted by Homero Pena on June 3, 2014

    Recently I participated in an outreach event with Dr. Heather Alexander, Aaron White and Erika Ramos.  Our goal was to expose South Texas high school students to the world…


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