Fathoms' Core Concepts

Experiential Education

Fathoms offers comprehensive experiential education. Our curriculum includes:

• Hands-on, inquiry-based science exploration,
• Studying diverse local ecologies
• Monitoring the impacts and conditions of climate change
• Understanding sustainable resource utilization
• Employing critical thinking and compassion to explore the myriad ways that Southeast Alaskan communities meet the needs of the past, present, and future. 

Environmental Understanding

We explore the recent history of logging, commercial fishing, mineral extraction, and the transition toward what is happening today.

How are residents incorporating traditional knowledge and sustainable practices to build a more reliable economy for future generations?



Self-Actualization

Fathoms’ STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) curriculum will be enhanced by daily mindfulness and self-discovery practices.

We encourage clients to connect with an authentic sense of self mirrored through their relationships with the surrounding environment and other expedition members.

Growth and development are the results of challenges, successes, and failures.

Community Engagement

We value open and respectful relationships with sovereign Alaska Native Nations, organizations, community members, and local businesses.

Only through trusting relationships can we collaborate on ways to honor Indigenous and local culture, and foster opportunities for connection.

We encourage respectful curiosity, learning, and exchange between the diverse cultures represented by our clients and employees.