Mongolia

by Sophie Heny, of University of Vermont Round River Mongolia study abroad program – Fall 2019 “I am not atrocious. I am well above atrocity. There is no group I’d rather be beaten up by. Bob’s puns are funny. I can pish a tit!…

by Qingqing Yang, of Colby College Mongolia Study Abroad – Fall 2019 semester We camped for 9 days in front of Battogtokh’s (a park ranger) house on the steppe, an expansive grassland surrounded by mountains. On the interspersed lakes here,…

by Klara Gabriela Heuchert, of Carleton College Mongolia Study Abroad – Fall 2019 semester – September 6-14 Tengish-Shishged:  Two furgons full of eight students, three Round River instructors, our sweet cook, Amkaa, and two very capable Mongolian furgon drivers travelled…

By Micah May, of University of Northern British Columbia Mongolia Study Abroad – Fall 2019 semester – Aug 20th – Sept 5th, 2019 As I sit outside of our basecamp watching the sun set over the Horidol Saridag Mountains, it…

by Noah Savage, of Williams College Mongolia Study Abroad – Fall 2019 semester How do I leave a home, make a new one, then pack that one up again? Can I carry home with me while I travel? Over this past…

The ‘gang’, including (back left to right) Isaac, Rosie, Lonnie, Micah, Noah, and (front to rear) Klara, Qingqing, and Sophie. by Rosie Hust, of Colby College Mongolia Study Abroad – Fall 2019 semester After 2 flights and 16 hours of…

by Chyanne Smith, of Weber State University When I was accepted into Round River, I immediately wondered what everyone else in the program would be like. I wondered if everyone would get along, if I would fit in, what kind…

by Grace Pearson, of Carleton College Our week backpacking through the core zone of Tag Nuur was a marathon of knowledge accumulation run at a pace that could win the Boston. From July 13 to the 20th , we were…

by Mathew Zappa, of Carleton College One of the sections of the trip that I had been most excited for was the bird surveys. I was looking forward to start collecting data for my study, but also had personal reasons…

by Alexis Sullivan, of Weber State University The days in the Darhad are ever changing, unpredictable, and long. In the last six days we have had an abundance of experiences, mileage on our boots, sleep deprivation, hours of dancing and…

by Kelsey Barber, of Westminster College On June 25 we boarded a leg of the Trans-Siberian Railroad, starting our journey to the Darhad. The instructors scheduled our train ride to go through the night which made our nearly twelve hour…

Group picture at the entrance of Gandan Monastery. Photo by Elizabeth Brunner   by David Ahrens, Carleton College After traveling for 24 hours, we landed in Ulaanbaatar (UB) at about 10pm, disembarked the plane, and walked through the small airport…

by Evan Foster, of the University of Vermont  Talus Pika data collected, Daurian pika data collected, vansemberuu data collected, and waterfowl data collected. It was finally time for the last stage of data collection: camera retrieval. The summer program’s students…

Video produced by Cameron Piper of SUNY ESF Photo by Joscie Norris Баярлалаа Mongolia! For those of you who are reading this Round River Conservation Studies Mongolia blog for the first time, stop reading this now, and start from the…

by Rhiannon Henderson, of University of Vermont We have had some hard days out in the field. Days where we were cold, days where the conditions were not easy, and days where we struggled to get along. But the days…

By Joscie Norris, of the University of Vermont The night of October 3rd we were packing to depart base camp for our second trip to Battogtokh’s family’s haasha to continue our Daurian Pika research and conduct our migratory waterfowl surveys….

By Katie Tennis, of University of San Francisco The Students: Cameron is like sunshine. She is warm and friendly and brightens conversations with silly voices and excellent facial expressions. On top of that, her repertoire of fun songs is extensive….

By Taran Tucker, of Colorado State University Since arriving at basecamp a lot has happened. We started both Daurian and talus pika research while also managing to harness our talents in activities such as wrestling, snow sculpting and haircuts. Our…