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  • Northern lights

    Posted by Kelsey Dowdy on September 5, 2013

    The seasonal difference between doing fieldwork in Siberia in summery July and a now autumnal September is obvious in low temperatures and bug-free conditions. Plus the added bonus: dark…


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  • Fieldwork in the Siberian autumn

    Posted by Kelsey Dowdy on September 1, 2013

    In our first four days of being here, we’ve sampled about 15 sites, spanning streams and rivers all the way from Duvannyi Yar to the tundra. With summer coming…


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  • Record breaking in Yakutsk

    Posted by Kelsey Dowdy on August 28, 2013

    Being a scientist means you’re always learning and being creative. Being an Arctic scientist means you also must be patient, especially here in the Siberian Arctic. We experienced this…


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  • Back to the promised land

    Posted by Kelsey Dowdy on August 21, 2013

    With three red-eye flights 4 hours in front of me, the GRE 4…


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  • Living the Dream

    Posted by Rob Spencer on August 19, 2013

    As an environmental scientist who is interested in understanding the global carbon cycle and how humans and our activities are changing it I love my job. Everyday I get…


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  • No Core Experience

    Posted by Seth Spawn on August 13, 2013

    When Heather Alexander tried to thank the Zimovs for hosting us at the Northeast Science Station, Sergey Zimov reprimanded her saying “We are all family, we do not say…


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  • Life as a soil scientist

    Posted by Sarah Shin on August 8, 2013

    When most people look at the ground they probably see lifeless brown material that they call dirt. First, dirt is not the same as soils and they should never…


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  • Threads of an Old Life

    Posted by Karin Sather on August 5, 2013

    After a summer of traveling, it feels unfamiliar to be walking among the familiar….


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  • Animal and Plant Interactions

    Posted by Aaron White on August 3, 2013

    I have a fascination with the interaction of animals and plants. Although the relationship may appear to be as simple as…


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  • Mission Accomplished!

    Posted by Craig Connolly on August 2, 2013

    Well as forecasted, the last few days of Polaris were some hectic ones…but I can happily say…MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! As our data collecting was wrapping up, we were all working hard…


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  • Colleagues and Friends

    Posted by Craig Connolly on July 30, 2013

    …I knew Polaris 2013 would be something new, but I had no clue what to expect and I don’t think anyone could have predicted what its impacts were going…


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  • Fire on the tundra

    Posted by Mike Loranty on July 29, 2013

    Fire in tundra ecosystems is a relatively rare, though not unheard of occurrence.  Here, fires burn a combination of vegetation and peat in the soil, releasing tons of carbon…


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  • Canvassing the Terrestrial Landscape

    Posted by Katie Heard on July 26, 2013

    As my advisor stated, “Katie wasn’t supposed to come to the Arctic.” Indeed, he was correct – my former project had me slated to stay stateside.   Yet, fortunately, this was…


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  • Underground

    Posted by Peter Han on July 23, 2013

    Since the arctic is underlain by a layer of permafrost, soil that remains frozen year-round, water does not penetrate far into the ground from the surface. However, the thawed…


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  • To each organism, their own environment

    Posted by Heidi Rodenhizer on July 22, 2013

    Boreal forest surrounds the globe at northern latitudes. In Eastern Siberia the boreal forest is composed primarily of mosses, lichens, grasses, shrubs and larch trees. These vegetation types are…


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