Alaska Geology Field Excursion, September 2023
A group of 25 international staff and students from several universities undertook a 2 week field excursion from the south to north of Alaska, from Homer to Galbraith Lake.
Such a transect took the participants across a number of interesting rock types and landforms, as well as features related to permafrost, past glaciations, the Trans-Alaska pipeline, and local culture and history. The group were also treated to a spectacular aurora whilst camping at Arctic Circle.
The participants came from several universities: University of Oslo, University Centre in Svalbard, University of Bremen, Sonoma State University, University of Texas, Macalester College, University of Alaska Fairbanks, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Amsterdam, Australian National University.
Photo: Grace Shephard (Uni Oslo/ANU)
The field excursion was part of a large collaborative project NOR-R-AM2: Changes at the Top of the World through Volcanism and Plate Tectonics. The project is a collaboration between Norway-[Russia]-North America and funded by the Norwegian Research Council.
Photo: Grace Shephard (Uni Oslo/ANU)