The Polaris Project

Led by the Woods Hole Research Center, other participating institutions include Carleton College, Clark University, Holy Cross College, St. Olaf College, University of Nevada -- Reno, Western Washington University, and Yakustk State University.

Begun in 2008, the Polaris Project offers participants a 3-week field course in the Siberian Arctic. While there, the students and scientists were based at the Northeast Science Station, which is located approximately 80 kilometers south of the Arctic Ocean on the Kolyma River, near Cherskiy. The participants stayed on a 30-meter barge that served as a mobile base for field trips up and down the river.

For more information, please visit: http://whrc.org/education/polaris.html

Video Courtesy of Chris Linder

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