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Tag Archives: Journals
  • Breaking Ground

    Posted by Ellen Squires on July 22, 2013

    I’ve always been drawn to the unassuming non-vascular plants. Maybe it’s the flashy colors that grab my eye, but I really dig the mosses and lichens. So, when we…


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  • Patterns of thaw

    Posted by Casey DeMarsico on July 22, 2013

    There is continually frozen ground (permafrost) sitting beneath the Arctic, but each summer, endless sunshine and warming air temperatures heat the soils from above. A fraction of the near…


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  • Hungry Microbes and Future Carbon

    Posted by Karin Sather on July 20, 2013

    A classic example of science here in Siberia: water bottles improvised to incubate and measure…


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  • The Process of Science

    Posted by Peter Han on July 17, 2013

    Science is funny. Over the last few days my project was in a conceptual crisis, then I found that crisis was just what I needed to make…


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  • Collaboration and a Cold Cave

    Posted by Karin Sather on July 17, 2013

    Spending hours sitting on a case of water bottles in a cold dark room was not quite what I had pictured when I anticipated my month of research in…


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  • Finding time to soak it all in

    Posted by Aaron White on July 16, 2013

    After arriving in Chersky last Friday I have been going practically nonstop.  At times it can be difficult to stop and just enjoy the scenery around you. We have…


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  • Of Mammoths And Men

    Posted by Ellen Squires on July 16, 2013

    “Are you fired up?!” Andy yells, his voice cutting through the wind. It’s a clear, breezy morning, and the Core group is gathered on the mucky banks of Duvaniy…


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  • Back from Duvannyi Yar – All Well

    Posted by Max Holmes on July 13, 2013

    I just got a satellite phone call from Sue Natali to report that the Polaris group had just returned from a successful trip to Duvannyi Yar.  The internet at…


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  • The research begins

    Posted by Heidi Rodenhizer on July 10, 2013

    Today marks a very important day at the Northeast Science Station. With the help of a whole crew, Ellen and I were able to set up one of the…


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  • Science Underway

    Posted by Casey DeMarsico on July 10, 2013

    As undergrads in the Polaris Project we have been given the rare and exciting opportunity to perform original scientific research in a very unique setting. I arrived without a…


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  • Chris and Andy on the radio

    Posted by Andy Bunn on July 9, 2013

    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

    Posted by Heather Alexander on July 8, 2013

    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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  • I broke an escalator

    Posted by Seth Spawn on July 8, 2013

    The permafrost crew is together and up to no good. Less than a minute after meeting each other for the first time, Galina and I (Well, mostly Galina) broke…


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  • Behold, the Mighty Y4!

    Posted by Karin Sather on July 7, 2013

    Yesterday was our second full day of Arctic exploration. We made the trek to the watershed of interest for Polaris this year which includes characteristic hill slopes, a few…


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  • Flyin’ Solo

    Posted by Seth Spawn on July 7, 2013

    Reading the travel posts of my core group friends, both old and soon to be, I fondly remember the anticipation and excitement that grew within our group as we…


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