Programs
Portage Glacier Cruises
Affiliated Organization: Chugach National Forest
Affiliated Organization Contact
- Chugach National Forest
161 East 1st Avenue, Door 8
Anchorage, Alaska 99508 - http://www.fs.usda.gov/chugach/
- (907) 754-2311
- (907) 743-9476
Program Contact
- Nicholas Racine
- (907) 754-2311
Program Type
- Activity Guide
- Calendar
- Classroom Visits
- Curriculum-based Programs
- Demonstrations
- Environmental Monitoring
- Field Trip
- How to Manual
- Internet Activity
- Interpretation
- Lesson Plan/Activities
- Map
- Poster Brochure
- Presentation
- Residential and/or Camp
- Resource Guide/Catalogue
- Service-Learning
- Supplemental Curriculum
- Traveling Trunks
Description
CNF-GRD has been in partnership with Portage Glacier Cruises (Holland America/Princess) since 1989, providing USFS interpreters on board the M/V Ptarmigan. Starting June 3rd until September 16th, these cruises took place five times a day and traveled on Portage Lake. The cruise takes visitors out to the face of Portage Glacier which used to be visible from Begich, Boggs Visitor Center but has since retreated around a mountain and out of sight from the center
Subjects
- Alaska Ecology
- Archeology
- Arts
- Biology
- Climate Change
- Employability
- English/Language Arts
- Environmental Education
- Forest Service
- Geography
- Geology
- Health
- History
- Invasive Species
- Math
- Paleontology
- Recycling
- Social Studies
- STEM
- Sustainability
- Technology
- Wilderness
- Wildlife
- Wildlife Safety
- World Languages
Audience
- K-12
- Elementary
- Junior High/Middle School
- High School
- Kindergarten
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Teachers/Educators
- Adults
- Public
Region
- Southcentral
- Southeast
- Southwest
- Interior
- Arctic Slope
City/Town/Village
Anchorage
Indoor/Outdoor/Both
- Indoor
- Outdoor
- Both
Duration of Program
- Less than 2 hours
- 2 hours to a day
- 2 to 7 days
- More than a week
- More than a month
Pay to Participate
- Yes
- No
Program Evaluation
None
Partners
Holland America