Stamina and versatility are important when exploring remote, unpredictable, and inhospitable environments. Living conditions on an expedition can be very basic. Before committing to an environmental research project, make sure you are familiar and comfortable with the anticipated living conditions. Contacts Earthwatch offers 1-3 week projects that match members of the public with scientists at sites all over the world. Frontier Expeditions offers 10 week to 6 months exploration projects in remote and inhospitable environments, in countries such as Tanzania, Madagascar, and Vietnam.
Volunteers assist host-country scientists and students.
Considerable stamina is required. Opportunities are as varied as radio tracking wolves in Slovakia to monitoring marine turtles in Thailand.