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Patagonia

Patagonia

Backpacking amongst Glacial giants

Hannah Phelps, Middlebury College January 31st – February 18 Along with learning all about the Patagón culture and ecotourism, Team Condor also went on two backpacking trips during our three-week stay in Río Turbio. On the first trip, we spent…

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Searching for Ñandú

Written by Julie Hamilton (University of New Hampshire) Team Aguila   On February 12, we left our field house in Cochrane to head east for the iconic Chacabuco Valley of Patagonia to conduct surveys on the threatened and native, Ñandú (Rhea pennata…

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Pascua Sin Represas

Written by Allison Summerly (University of Vermont) 17 February, 2017 Team Aguila   On February 3rd Team Aguila travelled southwest from our base camp in Cochrane to a campo (a farm) in the lower Pascua River Valley. This valley is…

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Eating our way through Patagonia

By AnnMarie Backstrom (College of Saint Benedict)     On January 28th, Team Aguila left our base camp in Cochrane and headed south to our new home for the week — a small cabin in San Lorenzo. We were all…