Few people have the opportunity to visit the seventh continent. It is not easy to reach and yet the voyage is absolutely beyond words. Like our Greenland expedition on the other far side of the world, this is the kind of expedition that brings to light the realities of climate change and the critical importance of the Ice Continent and the surrounding Southern Ocean. This is the expedition to be up close and personal with thousands of various penguin and seal species. And this is one of those rare opportunities to do a polar plunge on New Years Day where few people have. But most importantly, it is an opportunity to learn from the most unforgiving place on Earth about the dream of the earth and the future role of humanity that we all will carry with us far into our elder years. 6 CORE Credits (THEO 332 & PHIL 200 or PHIL 250 are offered for all undergraduate majors. Limit 14.

A once-in-a-lifetime Polar Icecap experience! Greenland is the largest island in the world and now made famous because of the Greenland Iceshelf and the impacts of climate change. Like our Antarctica expedition on the other far side of the world, this is an expedition to learn about the history of climate change through periods of glacial advance and retreat and to discover how local people have adapted to these changes over centuries. It is an opportunity to witness firsthand that climate change is real and to be inspired about creative solutions. But, first, we visit Iceland. Icelandic and Greenlandic peoples both have innovative solutions from which we have much to learn! This is the opportunity to sail via icebreaker ship around massive icebergs, to see Humpback and Greenlandic whales and Ringed seals. It is a chance to learn from Icelandic and Greenlandic peoples, to get up close to the most active glacier in the world, to feel like you are standing at the “Ice at the End of the World!” Most importantly, it is an awakening moment—to be able to state that climate change is a nonpolitical reality—and to understand the historical context and scientific basics at the very moment you yourself are actually standing atop the Iceshelf! And you will also receive 6 CORE CREDITS (THEO 332 and ENGL 205 or ENGL 140) towards your undergraduate degree. LIMIT: 12 Students.

A once-in-a-lifetime Remote experience! In fact, it is among the remotest of the remote! Imagine flying by floatplane into Gates of the Arctic National Preserve, the least visited of all the National Parks because access is limited to floatplane only. Imagine setting up a basecamp on a lakeshore somewhere 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle at a lake visited the last 30 years only by our pilot and Xavier people! Imagine not seeing any humans other than our group and our pilot for the entire week! Imagine that your home is also shared by caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, porcupine, wolverine, eagle, Dahl’s sheep and a host of migrating birds. The opportunity to learn communal survival techniques are lessons that you will take with you for a lifetime. Experiences of drinking from a lake so clean that the water need not be filtered. Imagine your first experience of fly fishing or gathering foods (like berries) done iN such a majestic, vast, quiet space where the sun never sets. 6 CORE CREDITS (THEO 388 and PHIL 200 or 250) for all undergraduate degrees. LIMIT 12 Students.