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Sharing Data…
The three overarching objectives of the Polaris Project are to 1) train the next generation of arctic researchers, 2) advance scientific understanding of the Arctic, and 3) expand public awareness of the feedbacks between the Arctic and the global climate system. …
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Polaris Project Seminar Series – July 2010
Though we often refer to this Siberian adventure as a field course, it really is more of a hands-on research experience. Nevertheless, we have taken advantage of brief breaks in the action to present a series of research seminars and discussions. …
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Look right for tweets…
…while the Polaris Project is traveling they will issue updates via twitter. See the list of tweets on the right side of the main blog page or follow us on twitter @PolarisTweet…
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We like you. You like us.
Hey Facebookers. Take a second to nip over to Facebook and tell the world that you like the Polaris Project. We’ll be doing more with our Facebook page this year and trying to get the word out there and on this blog.…
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Polaris II Proposal Submitted
The Polaris Project got its start with a proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation (NSF) in March 2007. We learned six months later that the proposal was funded, and on Jan. 1, 2008, the Polaris Project was officially underway. Remarkably, we are now 2.5 years into the project, which
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We’re not going to Siberia, but we’re going to Alaska!
Hello everyone my name is Claire and this is Boyd. Hi. Claire traveled to Siberia with the research team and Boyd went the summer before and both of us had awesome but unique experiences on the Kolyma. While Boyd looked at thermokarst lake drainage using a dendroclimatological model, Claire has
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2010 Polaris Project Students Selected
Though the 2010 Polaris Project field course in Siberia doesn’t begin for over 3 months, preparations are ramping up quickly. We have just finished selecting the 2010 undergraduate participants and are thrilled about the group, our largest yet. Fourteen undergraduate students have been selected, 10 new and 4 returning students. …
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4 Polaris Students Earn Scholarships to Arctic Conference in Miami
The State of the Arctic Conference (http://soa.arcus.org) will be held next week in Miami (March 16-19, 2010). This large conference is drawing Arctic scientists from around the world. Twenty-five scholarships were awarded to outstanding students to support their travel to the conference. …
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New applications
New applications are rolling in for the summer 2010 field course. I have nothing in particular to add other than that we continue to draw some of the brightest and most interesting students from a great range of academic institutions. It’s an honor to see the applications arrive.…
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Bugs and Rivers…New Science Stories
Check out the new Science Stories on the bug project and the survey project. Both are fanstistic ways of learning about the science done on the field course told in the student’s own words.…
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Artists in the Arctic
Andy Revkin continues his interesting coverage of the Arctic. Look at this postcard – similar in some ways to the coverage he gave the Polaris Project during last summer’s field course. The descriptions of the art and the artists in this post are inspiring.…
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Polaris Project Video
After countless hours of work, Chris Linder has completed a 10-minute video that follows the Polaris Project during the 2009 field course. The video can be accessed from the “Stories” page of this website. Chris did a fantastic job – I really think that the video will help others get
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2009 pictures and a proto science story
Chris and I selected 100 of the 21,000 images he took and got some up under the Photos page. We tried to focus on images that captured the feel of the trip and didn’t include many of the specific images that documented the science that went on during the 2009
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University of Nevada Reno Tells the Story!
One of the objectives of the Polaris Project is to help get the story of the Arctic, climate change, and the Polaris Project to as broad an audience as possible. The Polaris Project website is one means of doing so, as are public presentations by project faculty and students as
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Article on Permafrost Thaw in The Economist
Check out this article in this week’s issue of The Economist on Arctic permafrost thaw. http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14119825…
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