Join us on a journey from the heart of the winter wilderness to the waterways and coastlines of the North East as we intimately follow the seasons from January to June. For 5-months we will traverse northern New England under our own power on a climate forward journey. Kroka’s Full Circle Winter Semester combines two months of backcountry skiing expeditions with homesteading, hand craft, a traditional wilderness canoe journey down the Hudson River, and a final train home to Kroka. 

On the heels of the hottest summers on record and unprecedented natural disasters impacting our local communities, Kroka is committing to a Winter Semester that traverses the mysterious and beautiful wildernesses of the Northeast without the use of private vehicles. We will weave together deep observation with action, the past with the present and future, and academic studies with active hope. You will develop sound judgment for healthy risk-taking and competency in technical adventure sports of backcountry skiing, whitewater canoeing, mountain bikepacking, and marine navigation. You will engage in a rigorous experiential curriculum encompassing the humanities and natural sciences. You will emerge from the program empowered and inspired to transform what you have learned in nature and community into altruistic action. Join our expedition team!

Thanks to the incredible support of a few very committed individuals and two private foundations, we are pleased to announce that–for the first time in our history–Kroka is able to offer a tuition-free semester program! We share a vision that Kroka’s most impactful program should be accessible to students of extraordinary character and determination, without financial obstacles to enrollment. Traditionally this program has cost up to $35,000 per student, but thanks to frugal planning and generous grant funding we are now able to offer our 2025 Full Circle Semester without this financial obstacle.

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