Dr. Alison Criscitiello is a world-renowned ice core scientist, mountaineer, and advocate for gender equity. An Assistant Professor and Director of the Canadian Ice Core Lab at the University of Alberta, she earned MIT’s first PhD in glaciology. Her research reconstructs climate and contaminant histories from ice cores drilled across Antarctica, Greenland, and the Canadian High Arctic, documenting glaciers at risk from climate change. A co-founder of Girls on Ice Canada, she champions science education for young women. Her work bridges research, exploration, and storytelling to inspire curiosity about the polar world. Alison is a Fellow International of The Explorers Club.