The North Pacific is an important region for studying modern climate change because; 1) it is a high nutrient low chlorophyll region that can impact global carbon cycling, and 2) North Pacific Alaskan glaciers account for almost one-third of global glacier mass loss due to increasing temperatures (Zemp et al., 2019), which is the largest regional contributor to global sea level rise and is leading to changes in Coastal Alaskan ecosystem and economic systems (O’Neil et al., 2015). Therefore, increasing global temperature poses a significant risk to the North Pacific temperate ecosystem through the loss of ice mass. This class will utilize remote sensing techniques to assess changes in North Pacific glaciers. There may be overnight field trips and possibly longer field trips. Food costs from field trips are charged to student’s meal plan or student account.