Silver & Gold: A Yukon Adventure
Jun 16-23, 2020
8 days | Canada | alumni UBC Travel Club
What’s included: Accommodations based on double occupancy in listed hotels or similar; meals as indicated in the itinerary; all transportation in private vehicle; bottled water on vehicles during touring; excursions as listed; entrance fees to places visited with the group; special cultural features as noted in the itinerary; presentations by the study leader; gratuities for all group services (guides, hotel, restaurant, drivers); fully escorted by our study leader.
Itinerary at a Glance
| Day | Activity |
| 1 | Meet in Whitehorse |
| 2 | Explore Whitehorse |
| 3 | Excursion to Carcross |
| 4 | Here Today, Gone to Mayo |
| 5 | North to the Klondike! |
| 6 | National Aboriginal Day and Summer Solstice |
| 7 | Tombstone Territorial Park |
| 8 | Depart Dawson City |
Your Tour Leader
Professor Lee Groat has been a faculty member at the University of British Columbia since 1989. His main research interests are the geology of gem deposits, pegmatites, the crystal chemistry of minerals, and economic geology. Many of his projects have entailed fieldwork in remote parts of northern Canada. In 2003 Dr. Groat was elected a Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America, and in 2009 the new mineral, groatite was named in his honour.
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What’s included: Accommodations based on double occupancy in listed hotels or similar; meals as indicated in the itinerary; all transportation in private vehicle; bottled water on vehicles during touring; excursions as listed; entrance fees to places visited with the group; special cultural features as noted in the itinerary; presentations by the study leader; gratuities for all group services (guides, hotel, restaurant, drivers); fully escorted by our study leader.
