The Wrangell Mountains Field Studies Program is an exciting and unforgettable seven week, six credit earth sciences course accredited through the University of Maine and offered by The Wrangell Mountains Center nonprofit in the remote and off-grid town of McCarthy Alaska within North America’s largest national park, Wrangell-St.Elias. Students will spend a total of 4 weeks in the backcountry and 3 weeks on the WMC campus, led by instructors and PhD students at UMaine. The interdisciplinary curriculum focuses on geology, ecology, arts and social sciences through hands-on field research in glacial, alpine and boreal environments. Program dates are June 22nd to August 10th. Application deadline is April 5th. To learn more, join a Virtual Presentation or visit our website at wrangellmountainsfieldstudies.org (presentation dates and links listed on our homepage).