About Kirsten
Founder & Director, Odyssey Discovery.
Executive Producer, Field Notes: Uncovered.
Kirsten Alburg holds a master's in instructional design and spent 20 years teaching across Alaska — including six years in Utqiagvik, one of the most remote Arctic communities in the United States. She later served as an education specialist for a college in the Arctic, designing learning experiences for some of the most isolated classrooms in the country.
That work shaped more than her career. It deepened a belief that students everywhere — not just those in well-resourced districts — deserve access to the scientists, conservationists, and researchers exploring our planet.
Odyssey Discovery was created from that conviction. Kirsten brings together her background in instructional design, her years in Arctic education, and a passion for exploration, conservation, impact storytelling, and discovery to build programs that connect classrooms with the real work happening in the field.
As Founder and Director, Kirsten sets the vision for Odyssey Discovery, develops partnerships with scientists, researchers, and conservation organizations, and creates the framework that connects discovery with education. As Executive Producer of Field Notes: Uncovered, she guides the storytelling direction behind Odyssey Discovery's science and exploration stories — ensuring that the voices of researchers, communities, and conservation leaders are shared with educators, students, and curious audiences everywhere.
— Kirsten Alburg
Founder & Executive Producer
Opening doors to discovery.
As Founder and Director of Odyssey Discovery, Kirsten sets the vision, builds partnerships with scientists and research organizations, and designs the experiences that connect educators and students with real-world discovery.
She also serves as Executive Producer of Field Notes: Uncovered, Odyssey Discovery's storytelling platform that shares the scientists, researchers, and conservation leaders working to understand our planet.
Through Field Notes: Uncovered, Kirsten helps bring the stories behind scientific discovery to life — connecting audiences with the people, places, and questions shaping our understanding of the world.
The work
Three connected pillars.
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Field Notes: Explorer
Science connections and educator experiences that bring researchers into classrooms.
02
Odyssey Discovery Expeditions
Immersive professional learning in places where science is happening.
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Field Notes: Uncovered
Storytelling platform sharing the scientists, discoveries, and places behind the work.
The network
Built on scientific relationships.
Odyssey Discovery's scientist network grew out of years of relationships, not cold emails. Researchers and conservationists from NOAA, Arctic field stations, university programs, and Indigenous knowledge keepers — all part of a growing community committed to making their work visible to students.
Partner with us
A conversation is the next step.
Whether you're a school, district, sponsor, or scientist — we'd love to talk through how you could join the Odyssey Discovery network.