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Articles and broadcasts by the 2009 Polar Fellows
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Observing the scars of the Arctic thaw
by Jane Qiu
Published online 30 June 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.609
Link: http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090630/full/news.2009.609.html

Arctic ecology: Tundra's burning
by Jane Qiu
Published online 2 September 2009 | Nature 461, 34-36 (2009) | doi:10.1038/461034a
Link: http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090902/full/461034a.html

Thaw Point
The Economist
August 1, 2009
Jane Qiu
Link: http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14119825

Dakota Digest: Research in Alaska
by Charles Michael Ray of South Dakota Public Broadcasting
Air Date: 07/14/2009
Link

Dakota Digest: Kuparuk's Greyling Sound a Warning
by Charles Michael Ray of South Dakota Public Broadcasting
air date: 10/29/2009
Link

Scientists say rise in Arctic thunderstorms signals global warming
Free Speech Radio News
October 2, 2009
Charles Ray
Link

The Big Thaw
Science in Action, BBC Radio
Tracey Logan
November 13, 2009
Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004vxq1

Alaska's biggest tundra fire sparks climate warning
Tracey Logan
New Scientist
July 30, 2009
Link: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17537-alaskas-biggest-tundra-fire

Geoff Watts meets the scientists who study polar life in freezing conditions.
Leading Edge, BBC Radio
Tracey Logan
October 8, 2009
Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n1lnc#synopsis

Lisa Jarvis: writing for C&ENtral Science blog:
http://cenblog.org/
Things I Didn’t Expect To Find In The Arctic, June 26
Extreme Chemistry: Arctic Edition, June 23

Trouble In The Tundra
Chemical & Engineering News
August 17, 2009
by Lisa Jarvis

Emily Stone: writing for Elemental blog
http://blog.emilystone.net/
Massive Tundra Fire, June 29, 2009
Mosquito Madness, June 29, 2009
Life At Toolik, June 26, 2009
Solstice in the Arctic, June 25, 2009
Thermokarst, June 24, 2009
A Few Photos, June 22, 2009
Changing Rivers, June 22, 2009
First Few Days, June 20, 2009
Off to Alaska, June 16, 2009

Postcards from Toolik,
Field Notes, the Polar Field Service Newsletter
June 28, 2009
Emily Stone

Scientists at Toolik Field Station Investigate a Warming Arctic
Newark Star Ledger
by Jennifer Weiss.
July 19, 2009

Jennifer Weiss, writing for the blog GreenJersey:
http://greenjersey.org/
Carrying oil to the lower 48, June 22, 2009
In Alaska, permafrost melts and takes the ground with it, June 23, 2009
Mosquito Hunting in the Arctic, June 23, 2009
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Perfect, June 30, 2009
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Perfect, June 26, 2009

Alisa Opar, writing for Audobon Magazine Blog "The Perch":
http://magblog.audubon.org/
Exploring an Aufeis, June 29, 2009
Life at Toolik Field Station, July 2, 2009
Birding in the Arctic, June 27, 2009
Arctic Ground Squirrels: Active Now, Supercooled all Winter, June 23, 2009
Mosquito Hunting in Alaska, June 26, 2009
Name this Bird Sighted on the Arctic Tundra, June 25, 2009
Ptarmigan Eggs on the Tundra...Probably, June 22, 2009
Reporting from the Arctic: Birds, Wolves, Grizzlies, and More, June 22, 2009