Every spring, I read through over 110 applications of high school girls from around North America, ages 15-18, who are interested in being part of the Girls on Ice team. We can only take 9. What makes it so hard, is that I feel this program would be amazing for all of these young women. How to choose?The program takes place on Mt Baker, in the North Cascades in Washington state. Each year our team of 9 teenage girls and 3 instructors spend 11 days exploring and learning about mountain glaciers and the alpine landscape through scientific field studies with professional glaciologists, mountaineers, and some years, artists as well.
Check out these links: the first is an article published about Girls on Ice, published by the Smithsonian
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/girls-ice.html
Here is a prezi you can navigate through:
http://prezi.com/v7uoegcv17q3/girls-on-ice-poster/
Or, to learn more about this unique, FREE, wilderness science education program for high school girls check out Girlsonice.org.
