East
Tennessee State University
Summer
2014
July 10 – 30 (tentative dates)
Study Abroad: Lake Baikal, Siberia,
Russia
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Travel to Lake Baikal in Siberia,
Russia – 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 thousands of species of organisms that cannot be found
anywhere else on the planet. Study
Abroad participants will take BIOL-4950, Biodiversity
Hotspots (2 credits) – a
course focusing on origins, ecology and evolution of endemic adaptive
radiations. Lake Baikal, often called the NatureÕs laboratory, will be used as
a splendid illustration for the courseÕs 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.
To apply please contact L.
Yampolsky, yampolsk@etsu.edu, 423-439-4359 office,
423-676-7489 cell. Spaces are
limited. Application
form is here.
Cost
estimate: airfare - $2100, program fees including tuition, local travel, room and board - $2900.
Financial Aid and International
Education Scholarships (up to $2250) may be available to full-time ETSU
students in good standing. Please contact Amy Collins in the Financial Aid
Office with questions about Financial Aid and Kelly Hill (HILLKL@mail.etsu.edu) with questions
about the scholarships. Scholarship deadlines are January 31 and March 31, but
you need to apply ASAP to get approved before the trip deadline: do not wait
for the March 31 deadline!
A view of Baikal Field Station of
Irkutsk State University, where we will be staying.
Research vessel Professor Treskov. We will charter this or a similar boat for a 5-day cruise.
Professor Yampolsky in the abyss of Baikal
