Ivan exploring an island near Pio XI glacier during a rainstorm. Photo by Shalynn Pack. By Ivan Langesfeld, Pomona College I’m sitting in the quiet, empty quarters of the Transbordadora Austral en route to Tortel. The rest of the…
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Ivan exploring an island near Pio XI glacier during a rainstorm. Photo by Shalynn Pack. By Ivan Langesfeld, Pomona College I’m sitting in the quiet, empty quarters of the Transbordadora Austral en route to Tortel. The rest of the…
By Tessa Samuels, University of Puget Sound The morning of September 27th, the alarms went off at the early time of 6:30am. We spent the last morning in Cabañas (cabins) in Cochrane cooking eggs to the backdrop of a spectacular…
By Maisie Anrod, Middlebury College Despite having arrived in Chile a mere two weeks ago, it seems as if it has been a month. From our arrival in Santiago, we flew as a group to Balmaceda— our newly formed Team…
View from our hostel in Coyhaique of Mount McKay. By Zachary Fitz, Saint John’s University It has been over a week since Team Zorro has arrived in Patagonia, and our short time together has been filled with laughter, dance…
Written by Paul Karpinski, Northland College Photos by Adam Spencer After tracking huemules, seeing glaciers and learning a plethora of new plants and birds in the alpine glacier valleys surrounding Lago O’Higgins, we had the privilege of visiting Tortel, home…