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One of the greatest parts of my Arctic experience is getting to meet really interesting people. I'm trying to feature some of these people in short video interviews. Today's Polar Person is Toolik Field Station Naturalist Seth Beaudreault. http://youtu.be/BB6qDb6hmAY Check out Seth's vide of mom

I purchased my State of Alaska Fishing License online last night, packed a lunch and some rain gear, and headed to lab 3 bright and early to meet up with Mike Kendrick's University of Alabama team. I was looking forward to helping Mike's team catch 100 fish in the Kuparuk River in the name of

It's the man of the hour: my researcher - Elliot Friedman. As part of preparations for my summer expedition, I visited Cornell University in Ithaca, New York to meet Elliot and Dr. Lars Angenent in person. ## Now For All The Science-y Stuff I spent two days touring the Angenent Labs, meeting the PhD

Although we had hoped to be in Cherskiy already, our unexpected extra day in Yakutsk was remarkable. Because our Polaris Project group was quite numerous (over 30), we were split into two different hotels. Most of the group stayed in a nice hotel near the floodplain of the Lena River that passes

Summary of Today's Activities The students finished three projects today. In the morning the students learned how to identify rocks from Rikke Jørgensen, a Danish teacher who has been teaching in Greenland for several years. Then I discussed the process of research and helped the students

Although we had hoped to be in Cherskiy already, our unexpected extra day in Yakutsk was remarkable. Because our Polaris Project group was quite numerous (over 30), we were split into two different hotels. Most of the group stayed in a nice hotel near the flood plane of the Lena River that passes

Today's Journal is primarily a video entry to introduce you to research assistant Kiki Contrereas. Wait until you hear her fun fact! Stay tuned for more Meet the Team Videos. http://youtu.be/rLU68F8BtL0 ## Mosquitoes and Dragonflies Yesterday Team spider did get to spend a little time in the field

Activities The students had two main activities with the morning dedicated to learning how to geocache and the afternoon visiting the sled dogs and learning how to edit video. ###Geocaching The students spent the first hour this morning learning how to use a GPS and to record the GPS coordinates