Petersburg seventh graders aboard the Muddy Waters charter vessel in LeConte Bay.
Located midway down the Southeast panhandle is LeConte Glacier. Since the 1980s, Petersburg has sent high school students to LeConte Glacier to measure how it has shifted over time.
The late Paul Bowen conducted the first survey in 1983 and it has been a community-driven science study since.
On June 14, 2024, a group of 7th-grade students got to go out to LeConte Glacier with Oregon State University scientists.
This was somewhat of a rare occurrence as Glaciologist Erin Pettit and Oceanographer Jonathan Nash don't usually bring students with them on their surveys. However, funds from the Natio...
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