Located on eighty acres of dry forest shrubland in the Okanagan Valley, the Geological Field Station serves as base camp for earth, ocean and atmospheric science students as they acquire surveying and sample collection skills used in wilderness exploration. Design and construction of the field station complex is intentionally basic and spare. The unadorned wood-frame structures consist of a small cabin for staff and a main hall that houses learning, dining and washroom functions. Students sleep in large tents pitched throughout the site. The elemental learning environment intentionally simulates life in a remote geological camp. Students experience firsthand conditions in which research is conducted in isolated settings, with a reduced level of comfort, for long hours each day.