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A System Within A Bigger System
With two more days left in San Fransisco and a poster presentation successfully completed, I have taken some time to reflect on my experience at the American…
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Threads of an Old Life
After a summer of traveling, it feels unfamiliar to be walking among the familiar….
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Mission Accomplished!
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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Hungry Microbes and Future Carbon
A classic example of science here in Siberia: water bottles improvised to incubate and measure…
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Collaboration and a Cold Cave
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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Behold, the Mighty Y4!
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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Agroecology in China
Ten days ago, a group of five Americans fell asleep on United flight 835 from Chicago to Shanghai, and woke up in a drastically different place. It was hot…
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Greetings from Alaska
Greetings from the Alaskan tundra! The St. Olaf Crew (minus Seth, plus another Ole, Serina Robinson) has had the privilege to start our arctic research experience early at Sue…
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