Inspiring Girls* Expeditions Alaska is the second-ever branch of Inspiring Girls and began in 2012 with the Alaska-based expedition, Girls* on Ice Alaska. Girls* on Ice Alaska was created by three glaciology graduate students based on the original Girls* on Ice Cascades expedition, but with a unique Alaska focus and location in the beautiful Alaska Range. In 2019, we next hosted our first Girls* on Water expedition along the stunning shores of Kachemak Bay. Then in 2021, we launched Girls* in the Forest, which explores Interior Alaska’s boreal forest ecosystems by foot and by packraft. Our expedition offerings may be different from year to year, but with any of our expeditions, you can expect inspiring landscapes and fascinating science and artistic inquiry about the natural world around you!

Girls* on Ice Alaska: A mountaineering expedition with an alpine ecosystems focus

Girls* on Water: A sea kayaking expedition with a coastal ecosystems focus

Girls* in the Forest (Paused for 2025): A packrafting and day hiking expedition with a boreal forest ecosystems focus

* Inspiring Girls* Expeditions Alaska welcomes cisgender girls, transgender, agender, Two Spirit, nonbinary, intersex, and genderqueer youth and those who demonstrate allyship with these communities.

Learn more and apply here.