Knik Glacier to Kenai Science Camp
KNIK GLACIER TO KENAI PENINSULA
June 15th- 21st, 2025
7 Full days of camping, adventure and lessons in the Chugach!
Join us for a 7 day natural science camp that starts with a tour of the Knik Glacier and ends at Millers Landing in Seward, AK. Alaska state students have the opportunity to earn science credit towards high school graduation. Students will participate in lessons on glaciers, ecology, marine biology, plant and animal identification through this experiential based field camp. This is a grand tour from just north of Anchorage where we will spend 1 night at the Knik Glacier. Then we travel south along the Turnagin Arm and spend 2 nights at Portage. There we will base camp and hike to Byron Glacier and Portage Pass learning about glacial processes of the Chugach Mountains. We will then head south, over Turnagain Pass where we end in Seward. In Seward we will explore the Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park, take a Kenai Fjords Tour of Resurrection Bay and hike to Caines Head.
This camp is all inclusive. Students will receive a personal packing list that includes a personal sleeping back and sleeping pad. All food, transportation and lodging are included. Students will also receive their own personal natural science kit to use and keep. The price of the trip includes all lodging and meals and while you are on the trip as well as the boat ride and canoe.
There will be an informational meeting on Monday April 15th at 4:30 pm with specifics on itinerary and the daily schedule of activities and lessons at the BP Center in Anchorage. A Zoomlink will be available for remote/distance families.
Daily Itinerary:
Knik Glacier Tour & Camp
Portage Pass Hike & Camp
Byron Glacier Hike & Camp
Seward Exit Glacier Hike (Base camping in Seward remainder of trip)
Kenai Fjords Marine Tour
Caines Head Hike
Return to Anchorage
Book Today! Call or email us to express interest and to receive your reservation information.
For Homeschooling programs please read our welcome letter with registration information here.
*This program is currently offered for credit through IDEA Homeschool and Anchorage School District. Please contact us for questions on how these credits can be transferred to your home school or district, either in state or out.
June 15th-21st
*50% Down payment is required to reserve space for your student, please call or email to book. The final payment will be due March 31, 2025.
Group picture at the Knik Glacier
Students gather on the banks of the Knik River
Our classroom, the Knik Glacier
Overland all terrain truck transports group to the Knik River on an Alaskan safari inspired route.
Students type in their observations on a travel typewriter.
Students looking hiking out to the mud flats on the Turnagain Arm south of Anchorage.
Students making observation on the layers of soil and mud.
Students take a moment to write down what they learned in their nature journals.
Instructor Erin measuring the soil layers.
Students celebrate after the polar plunge in Resurrection Bay, Seward, AK.
Students and teachers looking at tide pools, Seward, AK.
Collecting creatures for observation.
Tidepool observation and play.
Tidepool samples
Camp classroom and supplies.
