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Chris and Andy on the radio
Seattle NPR listeners got a taste of Siberia with their coffee yesterday morning–Andy Bunn woke up at 4am in Cherskiy to talk with KUOW host Marcie Sillman. They were…
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Nice Article About Our Upcoming Trip
A really nice article from the University of Texas-Brownsville was just released about our upcoming trip to Siberia: http://www.utb.edu/newsinfo/Pages/Biology-Professor-and-Graduate-Student-to-Travel-to-Siberia-on-Research-Trip.aspx. Biology Professor and Graduate Student to Travel to Siberia on Research…
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Congratulations Polaris Alums!
Polaris Project students have achieved great research successes through their publications, presentations at national meetings, and awards and fellowships. Just to highlight a few… This year, two Polaris alumnae, Erin…
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Polaris 2013 Has Begun!
The Polaris Project 2013 field expedition has officially begun with the arrival of the Aquatic Satellite group to the Northeast Science Station in Cherskiy, Russia. Sam Berman and Claire…
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Reading list for 2013 and research goals
The core faculty (Sue, John, Paul, myself) have worked to come up with a reading list for all the new students that will be travelling to Cherskiy in…
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Polaris 2013 Aquatic Satellite group
With a small but international group we will spearhead this summer’s Polaris Project with the first expedition to Cherskiy (June 14 through July 9). Our team consists of: Claire Griffin…
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Polaris 2013 Permafrost satellite group
Permafrost satellite group includes: Valentin Spector (Head of Laboratory, Melnikov Permafrost Institute SB RAS, Yakutsk, Russia) – Co-PI; Alexander (Sasha) Kholodov (Post-Doctoral Scientist, University of Alaska Fairbanks) – Co-PI; Seth Spawn (St….
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Polaris 2013 Core Group Students
Welcome to the new students who will participate in the 2013 Polaris Project field course and research experience in the Siberian Arctic! We had many excellent applicants, and it…
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Returning Student Applications
As described in an earlier post (Core and Satellites), each returning student or graduate student who participates in the Polaris Project expedition during summer 2013 will be associated…
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Core and Satellites
Although the Polaris Project has enjoyed remarkable success in the past, each year we try new things as we strive to continuously improve. The evolution of the Polaris Project…
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Polaris Project Research Symposium
Students in the Polaris Project are asked to do the impossible: travel more than half way around the world to the Siberian Arctic, design and implement a research project,…
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Bringing Siberia to Seattle
Starting this month, visitors to Seattle’s Burke Museum can enjoy a little slice of Siberia. Photographer (Polaris Project 2009 & 2010 field seasons) Chris Linder was awarded two honorable…
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Polaris 2012 Launches Tomorrow!
After months of planning, the 2012 Polaris Project Expedition begins tomorrow. Participants from all over the United States will converge on JFK Airport in New York (some people from…
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Congrats to Ludda!
Many congratulations to 2011 student Sarah Ludda Ludwig. Ludda won one of this year’s prestigious Goldwater scholarships. St Olaf College has a nice write up here. This…
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