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Tag Archives: Max Holmes
  • Mann et al JGR 2012

    Posted by admin on September 28, 2012

    Mann, P. J., A. Davidova, N. Zimov, R. G. M. Spencer, S. Davidov, E. Bulygina, S. Zimov, and R. M. Holmes. 2012. Controls on the composition and lability of…


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  • Why Do I Do This?

    Posted by Max Holmes on July 23, 2012

    I’m sitting on the Barge, drinking a cup of coffee, watching snow whip across the Panteleikha River. More than 24 hours of rain and snow have turned the dirt…


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  • Polaris Project Research Symposium

    Posted by Max Holmes on July 22, 2012

    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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  • Polaris 2012 Launches Tomorrow!

    Posted by Max Holmes on June 25, 2012

    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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  • Congratulations to Claire Griffin!

    Posted by Max Holmes on March 30, 2012

    Claire Griffin (Polaris 2009) has just been awarded a prestigious and highly-competitive NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for her proposal titled “Organic Matter in Large Arctic Rivers from Field and…


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  • Equipment at the Northeast Science Station

    Posted by Max Holmes on January 5, 2012

    The Kolyma River watershed is one of earth’s most important regions because of the vast amount of ancient carbon currently stored in its permafrost.  The Northeast Science Station, near…


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  • Polaris Project at SACNAS

    Posted by Max Holmes on November 9, 2011

    The Polaris Project had an information and recruitment booth at the recent SACNAS conference in San Jose, California. The mission of SACNAS, the Society for the Advancement of Native…


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  • Griffin et al JGR 2011

    Posted by admin on October 1, 2011

    Griffin, C. G., K. E. Frey, J. Rogan, and R. M. Holmes. 2011. Spatial and interannual variability of dissolved organic matter in the Kolyma River, East Siberia,…


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  • Claire Griffin Publishes Her Polaris Project Research

    Posted by Max Holmes on August 12, 2011

    In January 2008, Claire Griffin (a sophomore at Clark University) applied for the inaugural Polaris Project expedition.  She was accepted.  Unfortunately, one month before leaving, Claire fell off…


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  • 22 Converging Dots

    Posted by Max Holmes on June 30, 2011

    If each of the 22 participants in the 2011 Polaris Project field course was a dot on a map, right now we’d cover much of the USA and even…


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  • Max Wilbert Wins Journalism Award

    Posted by Max Holmes on May 4, 2011

    Max Wilbert, a recent graduate from Western Washington University and a participant in the 2010 Polaris Project field course, has just won a national competition for his article “Siberian…


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  • Erin Seybold Awarded Fulbright

    Posted by Max Holmes on May 4, 2011

    Erin Seybold, a senior at St. Olaf College and a participant in the 2009 and 2010 Polaris Project field courses, has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study in…


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  • Heather Alexander Awarded NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship

    Posted by Max Holmes on May 4, 2011

    Heather Alexander, one of the five 2010 Polaris Project “Affiliates” (see Team page), has been awarded a prestigious NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship to continue her work on the boreal forest…


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  • Polaris 2011 Students Selected

    Posted by Max Holmes on March 16, 2011

    Fourteen undergraduate students have been selected to participate in the summer 2011 Polaris Project field course / research experience in the Siberian Arctic.  Though we had to decline many…


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  • Apply Now for Summer 2011

    Posted by Max Holmes on January 28, 2011

    Undergraduate students interested in participating in the Polaris Project Siberian field course should complete their application by February 20, 2011. To be eligible to…


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