Patagonia

By Collin Campagne (University of Vermont)   Was I lost? No question. Did I know where I was? Not at all. Had I been happier in my life? Never. Mary Oliver   The visibility out of the aircraft window was poor…

By James Maloney (Westminster College) Written April 14, 2016.   Fall is here in Patagonia! And with the changing leaves comes the end of our semester here in Southern Chile. We’ve spent the last five days in the Aviles Valley;…

Written March 25, 2016 By Sadey Mirabile (University of Vermont)   The evening before leaving for the Chacabuco Valley I ran through some thoughts of what to expect while lying in the contents of my second home (my one-woman tent)….

Written by Spencer Crawford (University of Vermont)   Waking up in a military refugio on the West side of Glacier Chico is what I’d imagine waking up on Mars is like – cold, windy, and with an incredible sunrise.  …

By Grace Fowler (Colby College)   Excited to embark on our next backpacking trip after foul weather thwarted some of our plans in Fiordo Bernardo, we packed up our trusty pickup trucks and drove south to Villa O’Higgins on the…