by Hayden Childs, University of Vermont We all met at the baggage claim. Our fully equipped backpacks made it easy to identify one another. Bits of nervous small talk filled the awkward silences as the reality of the trip we…
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by Hayden Childs, University of Vermont We all met at the baggage claim. Our fully equipped backpacks made it easy to identify one another. Bits of nervous small talk filled the awkward silences as the reality of the trip we…
Text, photography, and video by Adam Spencer, Round River Instructor As Luis “Esteban” Chiguay stares into the face of South America’s largest glacier, he’s becoming increasingly aware that it’s time to go. Standing on the muddy shore of its ice-bulldozed…
By Sierra Lammi, of the College of Saint Benedict / Saint John’s University Everyone said this semester would be over too fast – and they were absolutely right. It is hard to believe that this is the last day of our…
Video by Lillian Schroeder, University of Vermont Text by Olivia Drukker, University of Puget Sound Studying Megafauna in Patagonia National Park from Round River Conservation Studies on Vimeo. We just returned from our final research expedition for the semester, a…
Each year Round River students assist the Chilean Forestry Service (CONAF) in its census of one of the most important huemul populations in the Bernardo O’Higgins National Park. This year our students found 36 huemules over several study areas. Round…