The university students of the Polaris Project each work on independent research. Periodically, I will share the stories of these remarkable young people.
Ludda Ludwig – St. Olaf College
This…
The university students of the Polaris Project each work on independent research. Periodically, I will share the stories of these remarkable young people.
Vasily Lebedev – Graduate Student at…
What are these two devices used for?
Device 1: The plexiglass cube above has five solid sides but no base.
Device 2: The plastic cylinder inside the tube is analogous to the cube.
Here’s a…
Last night after our 9:00 p.m. dinner, we all piled onto the barge hooked up to a tug boat and headed up the Kolyma River. At 1:30 p.m. just after lunch today, we arrived at a magical place –…
Mt. Rodinka, a small mountain (351 m) rises from essentially sea level east of the Northeast Science Station. It sits in front of a many higher and larger mountains in the distance. Rodinka, I have…
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
In field science, some things are hands-on; others should be left alone.
Moss Fluffing – It’s the newest scientific terminology!
You may ask yourself, “What is moss fluffing?” Today, Dr. Heather…
So what happens if you fill a plastic bottle with air on the 14,265-foot summit of a Colorado mountain and bring it down to sea level in Cherskiy, Siberia? This is the experiment proposed by my…
Today, I had the privilege of working with Dr. Heather Alexander of the University of Texas at Brownsville and her team, setting up 16 plots for an experimental burn to determine how the severity of…