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Bernardo O’Higgins National Park (BNP) is the largest in Chile, protecting the vast Southern Patagonian Icefield and the expansive fjords and temperate rainforest ecosystems to its west. The park protects the some of the last great refugia of the Huemul,…
by Matt Mitchell, of Iowa State University Being part of the ‘plant team,’ I arrived two days early to take inventory of plants that we would later encounter. Throughout our travels in Bernardo O’Higgins National Park, it was the plant team’s…
by Katie Adase, of West Virginia University 6:30am: the stars were still bright as Team Chucao tore down our tents at Camping Aquasol for the last time. Though we embraced our friends in Cochrane for the final guaranteed time, the energy…
by Conor Larkin, Colby College (photos by Adam Spencer) Our time in BNP El Mosco Reserve can only be described in two words: quite remarkable. I kid, I kid, not only due to the fact that quite remains to this…
by Siena Wiedmann, of Bowdoin College Like true adventurers, we trekked across the worn boardwalk through the small, colorful town of Caleta Tortel, feeling like the wooden panels might collapse beneath the weight of our heavy backpacks. We had spent…