Call for Applications
Girls on Ice 2013 Expeditions
21 July - 1 August at Mount Baker, Washington
21 June - 2 July in Alaska
Application deadline: Friday, 1 February 2013.
For further information, please go to:
http://girlsonice.org
For questions, please email:
info [at] girlsonice.org
Organizers announce that the Girls on Ice 2013 Expeditions are now
accepting applications. The 2013 program includes two expeditions. The
original North Cascades expedition on Mount Baker in Washington State
will be held 21 July - 1 August 2013, and an Alaska-based expedition
will take place 21 June - 2 July 2013.
Girls on Ice is a unique, free, wilderness science education program for
high school girls. Each year a team of nine teenage girls and three
instructors spend 11 days exploring and learning about mountain glaciers
and alpine landscapes through scientific field studies with professional
glaciologists and mountaineers.
Applicants must be at least fifteen years old by 21 June 2013 and no
older than eighteen on 1 August 2013. The application process requires a
series of short essay questions and two teacher recommendations. The
Alaskan expedition is primarily intended for Alaskan and Pacific
Northwest girls. For further information, or to download the application
form, please go to: http://girlsonice.org/apply.
Funding for Girls on Ice is provided through small grants; gifts from
individuals and support from the National Science Foundation, the
Alaska Climate Science Center, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Application deadline: Friday, 1 February 2013.
For further information, please go to:
http://girlsonice.org.
For questions, please email:
info [at] girlsonice.org.
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