International Volcanological Field School

 

  Katmai trip June 10-25,2025                      

UAF’s Department of Geosciences offers a two-week field class in volcanology in cooperation with the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (IVS) and Kamchatka Branch of Geophysical Survey (KBGS) in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. The course is offered every summer both in Katmai National Park, Alaska, site of the largest eruption on Earth of the 20th century and on one of active volcanoes of Kamchatka, e.g. Mutnovsky and Gorely, Tolbachik, and Karymsky. Students explore and discuss the full range of phenomena that constitutes volcanoes, using some of the best examples in the world. The course is co-taught at both the undergraduate and graduate level by Pavel Izbekov of UAF, with assistance by Taryn Lopez for larger classes, as well as by guest scientists from Russia, the US, and Japan. Students come from across the US, Russia, Europe, Japan and occasionally from other countries.    

 

Katmai

June 10-25, 2025

Kamchatka

There will be no Kamchatka trip in 2025
Pinnacle sunset

 

 

 

 

 

                  

 Return from the hike to the rim of Katmai Caldera with Whiskey Ridge at the background View to one of summit craters of Gorely Volcano with Mutnovsky at the backgroundTrekking in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes

 

NOTES ON FIELD SCHOOL COSTS AND REGISTRATION

Detailed information on trip costs and registration procedures can be found in course descriptions. Trip notes and additional information is available at our
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If you have any questions, please contact Pavel Izbekov for the Katmai section.  Participation of Russian students is coordinated by Olga Khubaeva