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By Carrie Finkelstein of University of Vermont Upon arriving in Patagonia, the first species that I immediately connected with was Chile’s native bumblebee (Bombus dahlbomii). On the drive from Coyhaique to Cochrane, we stopped at a sustainable farmstead to get…
By Laura Schelling of University of Vermont It is said that he who tastes the fruit of the calafate always returns to Patagonia. The story is centered around an elderly Tehuelche woman. The Tehuelche are a tribe native to Patagonia,…
By Meg Hall of University of Vermont As Gabe and I drove across Chacabuco Valley for a guanaco transect, he spotted many birds; from Andean condors (Vultur gryphus) to juvenile black-chested buzzard eagles (Geranoaetus melanoleucus). He pulled the truck over…
By Kira Warm Lonsdale of Sarah Lawrence College After a day of driving, unpacking and setting up camp, we spent our first full day learning how to do transects. The instructors took us out to a flat area of the…
By Laura Schelling of University of Vermont Our journey began on the sunny morning of March 11, when Max, Seth, Anna, and I, along with our two instructors, Diana and Gabe, packed up from base camp and prepared to head…