Also taking part in the research were several University of Rochester students, including undergraduate Howard Scher and graduate student Rory Cottrell. The find came thanks to the perseverance of the students and Tarduno, who spent six weeks during both summers traipsing across knee-deep snow, huddling in nylon tints flapping in strong winds, and enduring 24 hours of sunshine each day, all to find and excavate just the right rocks. Dubbing their tent city 700 miles from the North Pole the "Polar Hotel" after the tents they slept in, the students were among the first humans to explore some sections of the mountainous, rocky part of the Arctic.
Experiences like this are plentiful at the University, where faculty both conduct world-class research and teach small classes of students. Like Scher, about half the University's undergraduates work closely with professors on independent research projects. The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences is known nationwide for the dozens of students it equips with extensive field experience and graduates each year.
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17-Dec-1998