Polar Soils Blog

I am on my way today to Finland! I get to spend the next 9 hours on a plane to arrive in Helsinki tomorrow morning. The students leave t...

Our next group of BioArt students are preparing for their field season in the Arctic! We have 10 students traveling with us again this year,...

The goal of the course in Kilpisjärvi was for students to be trained in both independent scientific research, as well as the communication o...

While we were at Kilpisj ä rvi, we got to enjoy a bit of the local culture and cuisine. The kitchen staff made us a huge batch of pancake ba...

One of the types of organisms that can survive well in the harsh Arctic climate is lichen. There is quite a lot of it growing all around, on...

Reindeer are a common sight here in northern Finland. They are a domesticated livestock that are a well-known part of the livelihood of the ...

One of our student teams, Kylie and Gina, have been studying the phytoplankton that live in the lake next to the station. ("Järvi"...