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Here's a newly coined word: ##Inter-nyet “Nyet” is the Russian word for “No” or “None.” Over the last few days, we have had only “inter-nyet,” – although not technically a Russian or English word, its meaning is clear. Thus, we have been out of touch in terms of posting blogs or looking at email

But First, Science in the Morning... Because science can wait for no one, but the United States Post Office makes everyone wait; Elliot and I took soil samples today while waiting for our infamous last package. So out to the field we go, with serrated blade in hand. Elliot removed soil samples

Summary Students spent the morning with Julia Bradley-Cook and Ruth Heindel about 1.5 km outside of town digging for permafrost. Students were assigned different types of vegetation...shrubs, grass, mix, etc and then each group dug down to the permafrost and examined the layers. After lunch

It may be kind of a finale killer to show the view from the summit at the beginning but, well, this one is an eye catcher so here it is. Today's journal will be a short one due to the time necessary to pack things back up and head out at 9 am tomorrow by boat to Kappe Linne. Below you'll find a map

I thought for sure that I would lose a few pounds roughing it in extreme northern Siberia. You know – competing with bears for available game or fishing by hand in the rivers… I was wrong. Very, very wrong! ##Mealtime at the Northeast Science Station Yesterday, I had a spare hour between drilling

Don’t forget, you can follow the blogs of the students on the Polaris Project with me at: http://www.thepolarisproject.org. ##How can you get your hands on permafrost? Over the last few days, I have had the opportunity to accompany Dr. Valentin Spektor of the Melnikov Permafrost Institute in Yakutsk

Don’t forget, you can follow the blogs of the students on the Polaris Project with me at: http://www.thepolarisproject.org. ##Conducting an Experimental Burn This morning, Dr. Heather Alexander’s team conducted their first experimental burns to test the effect of burn severity on the regrowth of the

I'm reluctantly going with another video entry for today's journal. Amanda and Kiki insisted that I too have a Meet the Team Video, so here it is… http://youtu.be/tOjoP8tU9Ns ## Another Day in the Lab It takes a lot of time to process the samples we collect, and today Amanda was busy looking at

It was a crisp and clear morning when Elizabeth, Catherine, and I began our run. Both of the girls are training for marathons later this year, so they invited me to come along. Catherine needed to run 15 miles and Elizabeth 20 miles. We even came across a moose on the road that came toward us for a

Today I experienced my first helicopter ride, and it didn't disappoint! Rae Spain is the Helicopter Coordinator at Toolik, and also works as a Heilcopter Coordinator in Antarctica. A friendly soul who always seems to have a smile, Rae wanted to make sure that I got to ride on one of the helicopters