The Eqi Glacier: We depart on an Icebreaker ship from Ilulissat, sailing up the Davis Straight and through Disko Bay, around massive icebergs, on the way to Eqi Glacier (the most active glacier in the world!) Here, we will stay in yurts at Eqi Basecamp for three nights, listening to the frequent thundering of massive ice calving from the glacier into the bay.Arrive in Reykjavik, Iceland for our first night and fly from Reykjavik to Ilulissat, Greenland (2 nights).Students will be expected to avoid tagging specific locations of activities. From Arctic Village, we will return via Wright Air Service to Fairbanks for our last two nights, feeling a sense of great accomplishment.ĪCTIVITIES: NOTE: In order to preserve the uniqueness of this experience and show respect for Greenlandic and Icelandic peoples and, of course, to minimize overuse impacts upon a sensitive arctic landscape, specific locations of hikes and activities will only be given to the finalized roster and will not be listed here. On the seventh day, weather permitting, Helios will come to pick us up and return us to Arctic Village.We will learn about the impacts of climate change and energy usage on caribou migrations in this region as well. There will be coffee, too! We can expect to see grizzly bears, caribou, wolves, stoats, Dahl’s sheep, porcupine, Eagles, and migrating birds on this expedition. We will have plenty of food and plenty of crystal clear glacial water to drink. We will develop skills in communal survival techniques and live as a small community in one of the most remote places on Earth. We will fly fish for grayling and salmon and gather edible berries (learning to identify the different kinds). From basecamp we will explore the vast arctic tundra in all directions via hiking with access by satellite phones only. Helios will drop us off at a spot where we will set up a basecamp, our home for the next seven days.From Arctic Village, we will fly using Helios Bush Plane Services into Arctic National Wildlife Refuge at a location along the North Slope of the Brooks Range somewhere 250 miles above the Arctic Circle.After “gearing up” and “fooding up”, we meet Wright Air Service the next day and take an air charter service flight to Arctic Village, where we will spend the night. We arrive in Fairbanks, Alaska for an overnight.Students will be expected to avoid tagging specific locations of activities upon their return to cellphone service and thereafter. ACTIVITIES: NOTE: In order to preserve the uniqueness of this experience and to minimize overuse impacts upon a sensitive arctic landscape, specific locations of our hikes and basecamp will only be given to the finalized roster and will not be listed here.
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