JIRP is an experience-based educational and research program that takes senior high school, undergraduate, and graduate-level students on an 8-week, self-powered expedition from Juneau, AK, to Atlin, BC, over the Juneau Icefield. During this expedition, students receive training and experience in backcountry skiing, glacier travel, and crevasse rescue; participate in JIRP’s long-running mass balance and surface elevation surveys; receive lectures from top scientists in a range of natural sciences (including glaciology, geology,climatology, meteorology, biology, and ecology); and perform individual research projects, the results of which they present at public symposia in Atlin and Juneau. Students receive academic credits for participation in the program from the University of Alaska Southeast.
This year’s program will run from June 21 through August 16. The cost for the program is $4800; this includes all transportation, food, lodging, and instruction following arrival in Juneau, Alaska (but does not include transportation to and from Juneau). Some scholarships are available. Application materials and additional information are available at
JuneauIcefield.com. To ensure full consideration for acceptance and scholarships, completed applications should be submitted by April 15.
Visit the blog at
GlacierChange.org or go to Facebook
(
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Juneau-Icefield-Research-Program-JIRP/185726721442334) or Twitter (
https://twitter.com/JuneauIcefield). For further information about JIRP, please contact Director Jeff Kavanaugh e-mail:
jeff.kavanaugh@ualberta.ca
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