A new corner of the world

For those who know me well, they know that blogging is not my favorite activity. My teammates know I would rather run a "6-4-6 ladder", my colleagues in Siberia know I would rather spend 48 straight hours in a mosquito-ridden burned forest, and my parents know I would rather clean all of the bathrooms in our house... for the next three years. But, i'm told we all must learn how to tackle the tasks that bug us most. So I thought a year of researching greenhouse gas dynamics in a sub-arctic region of Sweden as a Fulbright Scholar might be the perfect opportunity to conquer the dreaded blog.

So what's with Krypin? Some of you may remember my last venture in the world of blogging came via the form of my basketball team blog, Kenzie's Korner (thank you, Coach Hodgdon for that clever word play). While my small "Korner" has expanded from basketball practices, locking my stuff in the library, and the laundry mishaps I experienced at Wheaton College (MA), I thought it would only be right to keep up the theme. To find a fitting title for my time in a new corner of the world, I turned to a Swedish journalist I met this last field session in Cherskiy, Russia. She introduced me to the Swedish word krypin, which, as you can probably guess, means nook or corner. Perfect, right? I thought so.

While I can't promise consistent blogging throughout my trip, I can promise to try my best to grace you with my travel mishaps, pictures from my iPhone that won't do beautiful places justice, and science. Lots of science (don't be afraid, I promise it will be alright).

For now, let's try to appreciate how hard it was to fit all of my belongings for the year in one duffle and backpack. 

If you really really can't wait to start hearing about the far north and the science being done up there, check out the Polaris Project Blog-  http://www.thepolarisproject.org/blog/.  I have had the awesome opportunity to trek around Northeastern Siberia the past two summers doing research and meeting some pretty cool people along the way. So check out their blog posts or at least look at some beautiful pictures of an amazing place. 


Next blog from Sweden!

Kenz

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