By Sophia Adami-Sampson of Bowdoin College My name is Sophia Adami-Sampson and I am a completing my degree in Biology from Bowdoin College with the Round River program in Mongolia. Before our journey to base camp in the Darhad Valley,…
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By Sophia Adami-Sampson of Bowdoin College My name is Sophia Adami-Sampson and I am a completing my degree in Biology from Bowdoin College with the Round River program in Mongolia. Before our journey to base camp in the Darhad Valley,…
Written by Leah Thomas of the University of Pittsburgh A year ago today, July 24, 2021, you couldn’t have convinced me that I would be here in Mongolia. I wouldn’t have imagined that the ground of this basecamp would have…
By Tj Guercio of Colby College and Gitanjali Matthes of Carleton College Round River’s camera trapping project provides unique, systematically collected data on mammal populations in the park’s protected area, but our camera trap project faced some unprecedented challenges on…
by Ella Reilich-Godino of the College of the Atlantic and Gila Goodwin of Colorado College On June 29th, we piled eight Americans, five Mongolians, and our abundance of gear into two vans and hit the dusty trail to begin our…
By Caton Langston of the University of Montana The great trek to the Darhad valley for me began in Boise, Idaho. After a quick flight to San Francisco, I was soon aboard a 12-hour flight to Seoul, South Korea. After…