Yellowstone National Park
January 1-8, 2005
Trip is FULL and there is a waiting
list.
Join Whitman College
Alumni and Parents and Bob Carson,
professor of geology and environmental studies.
$1475 per person, double occupancy; $1700
single.
$200 per person deposit to hold your space.
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Includes
opening reception, dinner and hotel in Bozeman, six nights in National
Park lodges, breakfasts, lunches, transportation within the park (snow-coach
and van), snowshoes and skis, educational programming, and shuttle transportation
between Bozeman and Yellowstone. Optional ski lessons are available on the first day at additional cost.
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Somewhere,
just out of sight, a wolf is howling for his mate. The eastern sky pales
as we wait for the day to come to Yellowstone. The wolf waits too...
Winter in Yellowstone. A land of extremes. Heat. Cold. Animals struggling
for survival. A species brought back from extinction, returning balance
to the environment. Thermal features nearly invisible in the warmth of the
summer become clear on a crystal afternoon. Days of icy splendor, nights
of comfort and warmth.
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These mountains were created
during the tens of millions of years that North America has been drifting
west. Winds funnel across the Snake River plain, rising and cooling over
the Rockies, dropping snow on Yellowstone. For hundreds of thousands of
years, glaciers have grown and melted, sculpting the landscape. Now, the
Yellowstone hot spot lying under this special corner of Wyoming produces
some of the magic of this wild place.
Bob Carson, Whitman College professor of geology and environmental studies,
will teach us the geologic history of Yellowstone as we discover the rocks,
the geysers, the canyons and caldera. We will find the animals where they
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 It
is extremely cold and sunny in Yellowstone in the winter. Some of the
excursions require a moderate level of activity--cross-country skiing,
snowshoeing, and walking--at 7-8,000' elevations for up to four miles.
In order to fully participate, please be prepared for these active outings,
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Bob
and Clare Carson have been leading summer trips to northwestern Wyoming
for more than three decades. They study geology, particularly volcanism
and glaciation, and biology, particularly carnivores and birds, of the world's
oldest national park. Bob and Clare are excited to share this magnificent
experience of Yellowstone in the winter.
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details, contact Margaret at the Whitman College Alumni Office, 509.527.5167
or 800.835.9448, ext. 1, or via email at hoglund@whitman.edu.
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Whitman
College Alumni Office
219 Marcus Street, Walla Walla, WA 99362
(509) 527-5167 or (800) 835-9448 ext. #1
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