North for Science! is a week-long field expedition for students entering 7th and 8th grade. It is offered collaboratively by ASI, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, and the Bureau of Land Management. Beginning in Fairbanks, we take the students up the Dalton Highway to the North Slope. For eight days, students are immersed in an outdoor experience, as we traverse lands adjacent to the Dalton Highway Corridor, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, and Yukon Flats, Kanuti, and Arctic National Wildlife Refuges. Activities are designed to help them practice basic camping skills, learn teamwork, and engage in many aspects of field science/research as they investigate firsthand the dynamics of the changing subarctic and arctic ecosystems. For more details on what the program includes, take a look at our 2024 trip report.

North for Science! is an active science education program. The group works hard and plays hard, living outdoors and getting dirty in all kinds of weather and bug conditions. Participants need to be energetic, flexible team members who will enthusiastically participate in all activities along the way.

Thanks to our sponsors and collaborators, North for Science! is operated at no cost to the participating students. However, the program does not cover the cost of travel to and from Fairbanks, local accommodations, or other expenses incurred by out-of-town participants before or after the program dates.

Please direct information requests and questions to Carol Scott, program coordinator, at north4science@aksongbird.org.