这对来自罗伯特·瑟斯克中学 的学生来说是一生一次的旅行，他们于今年五月前往了育空地区的广袤天空。

在为期九天的时间里，19名11至12年级的学生有独特的机会探索位于克卢奈国家公园北极研究所周围区域。学生们在海恩斯结兑的达库文化中心受到了克卢奈民族长老罗恩·钱伯斯的欢迎，他向学生们介绍了该地区及其人民丰富的文化历史。

团队沉浸在育空地区的景观、声音和故事中。学生们与研究所经理以及当地的捕猎者、矿工、政治家、常驻科学家和研究松鼠、山猫、野牛和雪鞋兔种群的学生进行工作和交流。他们可以接触到许多在站点进行强化冰川学项目和与气候变化相关的北方科学研究的访问研究人员。

该团队大部分时间都在该地区的自然景观中，包括沿着Sheep Creek Trail徒步前往Elias山脉的卡斯卡乌尔什冰川，以及沿着Kings Throne Trail攀登观赏卡瑟琳湖的壮丽景色。

该团队还有机会体验克卢奈和Champagne-Aishihik第一民族的文化与教育，在Destruction Bay和Burwash Landing参与其中。这些经历在圣诞湾的一个整天的文化营地中达到高潮，与长者詹姆斯·艾伦及其家庭一起开设传统家庭，与我们的团队分享和漫步大地，帮助他们制作自己的药包。

每个人都因为他们的经历而回到这次育空之行中有所改变。学校期待与其他学校分享他们的工作，并在2021年带领另一批学生前往。

​It was a trip of a lifetime for students from Robert Thirsk High School this May as they travelled into the wide-open skies of the Yukon Territory.

For nine days, 19 Grade 11-12 students had the unique opportunity to explore the area around the Arctic Institute of North America Research Station in Kluane National Park. Students were welcomed to the area at the DaKu Cultural Centre in Haines Junction by Kluane Nations elder, Ron Chambers, who introduced students to the rich cultural history of the area and its people.

The group was immersed in the sights, sounds and stories that abound in the Yukon Territory. Students worked and talked with the station managers, as well as, local trappers, miners, politicians and resident scientists and students researching squirrel, lynx, bison and snowshoe hare populations. They had access to multiple visiting researchers at the station working on intensive glaciology projects and northern science relating to climate change.

The group spent most of their time on the natural landscapes in the area, including hikes up Sheep Creek Trail to see the Kaskawulsh Glacier in the St. Elias Mountain Range and up the Kings Throne Trail to see Katherine Lake laid out below them.

The group was also able to experience the Kluane and Champagne-Aishihik First Nations culture and teachings in Destruction Bay and Burwash Landing. These experiences culminated in a full day culture camp on Christmas Bay with elder James Allen and his family, who opened up their traditional home, shared and walked the land with our group and helped them create their own medicine bags.

Everyone came back from this Yukon excursion changed by their experiences. The school looks forward to sharing their work with other schools and taking another group in 2021.