The Polaris Project enhances undergraduate research and education at several US and Russian institutions. The core of the project is a field course in the Siberian Arctic.
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- Founded:
- 2008
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www.thepolarisproject.org Yet more new science stories. Streams and permafrost! Check them out.
www.thepolarisproject.org New science stories! Check out these new science stories describing student research in Siberia. The students talk narrate thier work with amazing images from the field.
Lara Buelow so cool!!! I love the video. Good work.
www.thepolarisproject.org In hi def
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This is the story of 11 undergraduates and 6 professors who traveled 11,000 miles to eastern Siberia, where rising temperatures are thawing the frozen arctic soil. They lived on a barge for a month, measuring ...
www.thepolarisproject.org Check out the amazing video Chris Linder put together on the 2009 journey to the Siberian Arctic!
www.thepolarisproject.org 100 of the 21,000 photos from 2009 Siberia trip are up at the Polaris website. Check them out...
www.thepolarisproject.org Last four Polaris travelers are stuck in Chicago. Max and Kayla are making good use of the the time.
www.thepolarisproject.org Boarding the plane to Chicago. 11 hours to go... /ab
www.thepolarisproject.org Off to the Moscow airport and on our final legs of our trip home to the US. We all leave a piece of our heart behind in Russia. /kf
www.thepolarisproject.org We have arrived in Moscow! The neverending day as we travel westward. 3 breakfasts before noon already! http://twitpic.com/c04ez /kf
www.thepolarisproject.org 2 time zones down, 17 to go! We're in and out of Yakutsk in a flash, already waiting for our flight to Moscow. /kf
www.thepolarisproject.org The Polaris Project will leave Cherskiy in a few hours. We are packing and cleaning the barge. Lots of mixed feelings. /ab
www.thepolarisproject.org confronts the age old question in the Arctic. Better to have wet, cold and no bugs? Or better to have sun, warmth, and blood donation?
www.thepolarisproject.org Cool pictures of the tundra trip here. (Still waiting for Chris Linder's pro photos but this is a start)
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Today there is excitement among our group for many reasons. We are still riding the high from our unbelievable day trip to the tundra.
