Patagonia

By Maya Hilty of Carleton College Hello from Cochrane, our beloved base camp for this semester! Over the past week, we completed our last research excursion surveying the population of huemul in Tamango Reserve. Tamango is a protected area only…

By Grace Leslie of Carleton College This week was particularly special as we headed off for our homestays! We were split into groups of two or three and sent to various homes in and around Cochrane. My group was composed…

By Jessalyn Ayars of Carleton College Hello from Chile! Due to some inclement weather, team Ñirre experienced a change of plans, and spent the weekend of Nov. 9 in the backcountry near Villa O’Higgins. The original plan was for our…

By Kenzie Hines of University of Vermont The little boat came around a bend and Glacier Bernardo spilled into our view, with the bow pointed directly towards it. We reached the end of the portal into the fjord dimension, after…

By Adam Gellman, of University of Vermont After over a month of living in Patagonia, studying the ecology and completing several trips into remote areas, we thought that we had seen what Patagonia had to throw at us. We were…