Alex Schmidt, Washington State Most of the other students arrived today. The American students did inventory of our equipment this morning. Then greeted the other students all afternoon. This morning Dana and I went for a walk along the river. We found a block of ice. We fished it out and took
In the airport in Yakutsk, Russia today, our Polaris Project Expedition leader, Dr. Max Holmes, gathered everyone around him and started his announcement pointing out that few scientists do research in the Siberian Arctic because it is difficult to even get to the Siberian Arctic. Earlier in the
Summary Today was another absolutely amazing day in Kangerlussuaq! Bright and early this morning we went to breakfast in the "cafeteria" which is really just a little restaurant on base. It was delicious! They have the bets breakfast here and they even have chocolate-nutella-ish spread you can put
Here are the answers to yesterday's audio journal. ## Sound 1 You were listening to a wind turbine on the hill above camp that is used to generate electricity for operating science equipment in the field. Listen: Windmill ## Sound 2 This is your basic "Tundra Slog" as your boots squish through the
Nate Healey is a post-doctoral researcher at Florida International University who works with master's student Jose Luciani on one of the more curious looking objects on the hill above Toolik Lake. The Miami duo run what is often referred to as "the trolley." They are also fun guys to hang out with -
The students and researchers of the Polaris Project made our way from New York to Moscow yesterday. Today, we leave Moscow and fly six time zones overnight to reach Yakutsk. It is an exciting experience to meet enthusiastic scientists and embark on an adventure together. ##A Couple Hours of Sight
Over the course of my time here, I've run into several groups of birders, as well as had numerous conversations with the bird groups here at camp. I could show you great pictures they've taken of birds or ones I downloaded from the Internet, but I thought you might like to see them from my point of
Summary We began our day at 5am with the 109th Air National Guard picking us up and taking us to the "airport". There we waited for our flight to be ready. While we waited, we took our first group picture. ####JSEP 2012 US Delegation first group picture at the 109th ANG Today the students took
