This 16-day study tour (January 9 - 24) by state-of-the-art expedition cruise ship takes you from the origins of the continent to current conservation methods.

Visit the Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands with two Cornell professors who specialize in the region.

Cruise aboard the new, state-of-the-art expedition cruise ship, Vega, whose advanced design and technology make it among the world’s the safest and most environmentally responsible expedition ships.

Among ice floes and amid penguin rookeries, glaciers and whale sightings, your experience of Antarctica will be informed by Professors Allmon and Klinck throughout.

Warren Allmon is the Hunter R. Rawlings III Professor of Paleontology in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, the director of the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI), and a longtime faculty member at CAU. He is the author of more than 250 technical and popular publications, including extensive writings on macroevolution and paleoecology, and the recipient of the 2004 Award for Outstanding Contribution to Public Understanding of Geoscience from the American Geological Institute.

July 16–22, 2023
You might also want to take this on-campus CAU Summer course featuring Warren Allmon.

Holger Klinck is the John W. Fitzpatrick Director of the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, a faculty fellow at Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, and a courtesy professor at Oregon State University. His current work explores the application of hard- and software tools for passive acoustic monitoring of terrestrial and marine ecosystems, and his previous research was based at the German Antarctic Research Station Neumayer II in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica.

July 16–22, 2023
You might also want to take this on-campus CAU Summer course featuring Holger Klinck.

by Holger Klinck

Learn about the different ways animals produce and use sound to communicate, navigate, and find prey. Discover how scientists eavesdrop and record sounds in nature at ecologically relevant scales.

by Warren Allmon

The lecture will explore the geological structure of the continent and how it came to be that way over the past half-billion years.

by Holger Klinck

Discuss how researchers extract interesting bits from the extensive sound archives. Share examples of how dedicated experts use the results of these analyses to make decisions and impart conservation action.

by Warren Allmon

The lecture will explore what the fossil record tells us about the history and evolution of life on and around the continent, and what its biodiversity looks like today.

by Holger Klinck

An inside glimpse at what it took to develop and operate a real-time listening post in Antarctica to study the dynamic underwater soundscape of the eastern Weddell Sea.

by Warren Allmon

The lecture will explore how the ocean and atmosphere around the continent work today, and how Antarctica’s climate is changing.

“Holger’s boundless enthusiasm for his subject matter and engaging style was a pleasure to experience!”

—Janet Rubin, CAU Summer 2022 participant

“Warren was delightful! In addition to being extremely knowledgeable, he conveyed a true love of his subject matter—and he interacted well with all the participants!”

—Judy Silverman Kaufman, CAU Iceland 2021 participant

“Warren was very informative, knowledgeable, and patient with all our questions. His excitement at seeing so much geological activity was contagious. I would go on a tour with him again!”

—Myra Boenke, CAU Iceland 2021 tour participant

January 9 - 24, 2024
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To register, call CAU partner, Thalassa Journeys at 866-633-3611
(This CAU Study Tour is currently fully booked. Interested travelers can be added to the waitlist by calling Thalassa Journeys.)

December 2–15, 2023
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