I've made it back to Ulaanbaatar after a summer of science and heaps of fun in Northern Mongolia. Thanks to NSF, the P.I.s and everyone at PIRE Mongolia for the opportunity to participate. Here is a quick intro to some of the cast and crew.

The frenchman- Pierre a postdoc at Penn

The Brit, Laura. A postdoc a Penn

Our cook Hashaa created many a miraculously good meal out of limited ingredients (mainly yak)

Sandak the horse man

Ariunna a fellow Fulbrighter working on a PhD at the University of Wyoming

Boldgiv who heads up the project on the Mongolian side. Seen here taking tree cores

Anna the undergrad very excited about grassland ecology

Farewell bonfire

Mongolian Undergrad, Sereglen, fishing for lenok in Lake khovsgol

One of many a mischevious ground squirrel

dinner