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Arctic Hive
Wiseman Road, 99701, Wiseman, AK, United States
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During our 7 days and 6 nights together, teens will be challenged (in the best way!) by outdoor adventures like hiking, cultural immersions in the village of Wiseman, Alaska and various daily activities.
Here at Arctic Hive, we have space for 8-11 campers between our gorgeous cabins, complete with mountain views in every direction, and plenty of windows to see the wild landscape! Each cabin will be home to 2-3 retreat attendees. All cabins are off-grid, heated with Swedish Nordic oil stoves that keep the space warm and cozy , with solar/battery powered lighting with inverter batteries for charging small devices.
Due to the remote wilderness where we're located, we will have supervision from Riding On Insulin Medical Director Carla Cox, PhD, RD, CDCES, who has more than 40 years experience with Type 1 diabetes and is an avid outdoors enthusiast.
The use of Arctic Hive as our basecamp will be 100% donated to Riding On Insulin so all fundraising dollars above the hard costs per participant will go directly to the organization.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED:
REGISTRATION HAS TWO PARTS
1. Deposit: $750
AND
2. Fundraising Requirement: $2,750
OR
Mollie (ROI’s Director of Operations), and Sean (ROI’s Founder/Director) live high above the Arctic Circle in northern Alaska, in one of the most pristine and beautiful remote mountain ranges in the world: the Brooks Range. Arctic Hive sits between Gates of the Arctic National Park and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a mile outside of the subsistence village of Wiseman (population: 12). Everything is completely off-grid and self-sufficient. There is no road into Arctic Hive from the village of Wiseman, so we hike in all our gear and provisions (approximately one mile). The nearest grocery store is 275 miles to the south or roughly 7 hours away down in the city of Fairbanks.
Starting with raw land and no road access, Sean and Mollie hauled and hiked in lumber, nails, and screws, and over the years managed to hand-craft a stunning facility that includes four guest cabins, a lodge with glass ceiling for northern light viewing, a geodesic educational dome and yoga studio, plus their actual home where they live full time! They’ve hosted the US Military Special Forces’ Green Berets for arctic training, Outside Magazine, US News and World Report, and a plethora of adventurous people from around the world for various retreats ranging from dog mushing expeditions with Iditarod racers, to yoga retreats and trainings, to family getaways.
Basecamp is a unique expedition camp for older teens that doubles as an annual fundraiser for Riding On Insulin. After a $750 deposit, each camper will have time to fundraise $2,750 each. Many nonprofits have galas, walks, and golf outings to help support their program budgets. Because we’ve always been a traveling camp, hosting programs in nearly 30 states since 2010, we haven’t had a “home base” or “basecamp” in which to offer our own version of these types of events.
Basecamp will be our annual “gala” — but instead of fancy dresses and tuxedos, we will be hiking pristine wilderness, trading stories around campfires under the midnight sun, exploring the Brook Range and much more. Because the venue is donated 100%, fundraising dollars will pay for the minimal costs of the program (transportation, food and fuel) and the majority goes right back into our 1-day ski, snowboard and surf camps. In this way, Riding On Insulin can depend less on fluctuating funding in the future, and focus more on what we do best: Empowering those impacted with T1D.
Arctic Hive
Wiseman Road, 99701, Wiseman, AK, United States