Field trip: Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July 2014.
Tentative dates July 10–30, 2014. East Tennessee State University is offering a field trip to Lake Baikal in Siberia as a part of the university's Study Abroad program. Lake Baikal is the deepest, the largest and the oldest lake on Earth. It contains 20% of all unfrozen fresh water on earth (close to Great Lakes combined) and is home to hundreds of endemic animal species. Trip participants will take Biodiversity Hotspots course (2 credits) – a course focusing on origins, evolution and ecology of endemic adaptive radiations. Lake Baikal, often called the Nature’s laboratory, will be used as a splendid illustration for the course's main ideas. Learn field limnology techniques and biodiversity analysis methods at one of the most remote, exciting and beautiful lakes on Earth. The trip will include a week-long stay at a field station on the shores of the lake, a 5-day trip around the lake on a research vessel and 2 days stay in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Faculty leaders: L. Yampolsky, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Joe Bidwell, Professor and Chair, Department of Biological Sciences. The trip is open to any students, however only regular ETSU undergraduates are eligible for financial aid. To apply please contact L. Yampolsky, [email protected], 423-439-4359 office, 423-676-7489 cell. Spaces are limited. Deadline for application is February 17. Must have a valid passport by April 1. Cost estimate: airfare - $2100, program fees including tuition - $2900. More at: http://faculty.etsu.edu/yampolsk/Baikal2014.htm https://www.facebook.com/LakeBaikal2014
