Model School
Welcome!
We are delighted your child will be a member of the Alaska Endeavour expedition to Prince William Sound, Alaska, from August 1 through August 12, 2024. The benchmark study we'll be doing is important research, and your child's author credit will be well-deserved.
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Study Site
The study site will be Port Chalmers. In Alaska, the terms “ports” and “harbors” do not imply any human presence. Port Chalmers on Montague Island in Prince William Sound is one of those. This well-protected anchorage is at the mouth of Chalmers River (really, a large creek) that leads back to a lake and then meanders up into the hills. It has runs of chum and pink salmon during the late summer. The land around the river is rolling hills, intermittently forested with spruce and hemlock, interspersed with grasslands and muskeg, easily walkable. Students can portage a canoe or kayak over the low hills and paddle down through the lake to the bay. The coast, generally, is shallow and rocky with some healthy kelp forests. The north side of Green Island, nearby, is a popular feeding area for humpbacks. The halibut and lingcod fishing is good. There are brown bears in the area, and moose.
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Students will fly into and out of Cordova, on the east side of Prince William Sound. Cordova is served by Alaska Airlines.
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On our way to or from the study site, we will spend a few hours with the researchers at the Prince William Sound Science Center, stop at Bligh Reef where the Exxon Valdez hit the rocks, and visit either Meares or Columbia glaciers.
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For satellite imagery of Port Chalmers, cut and paste these coordinates into Google Earth: 60.2539 -147.1922
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Curriculum
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Our curriculum for the benchmark study is here. it describes the study, life on board, and offers a checklist of what students should bring. We'll be going over this curriculum in a meeting a month or so before the expedition.
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Expedition Agreement
Please download the Expedition Agreement here, and please read and sign it, then scan it and email it back to us at Expeditions@AlaskaEndeavour.org.
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Costs
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The cost to each student of this expedition is $2,800. A deposit of half ($1,400) is due at signing. Please fill in your name and contact information below and continue on to the credit card payment screen.
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The balance will be due 15 days before the departure date. We'll send you a payment link at that time.
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Your school will contact you about air travel.
Please reach out to us at Expeditions@AlaskaEndeavour.org with any questions.
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We're looking forward to having your child on board!