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Patagonia

Exploring the Aviles Valley

Week of October 10th, 2015 By Matt McIntosh (Marlboro College) We spent this week in the future Patagonia National Park working on a few different projects. We spent Monday and Tuesday surveying the Chacabuco Valley for guanaco, camping in the…

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Huemul tracking in Tamango Reserve

Round River students in Patagonia joined Guardaparques from the Chilean Forest Service (CONAF) to survey territory recently added to the Tamango National Reserve for huemul deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus). The reserve near the small town of Cochrane historically maintained a robust…

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In Valle Chacabuco

Written October 9, 2015 By Robin Lewis (Colby College)   It’s a strange thing to become desensitized to a place like this, but it is happening—slowly. For example, I know now to expect mountains when I unzip my tent in…

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First trip to the Chacabuco

Written September 29, 2015 By Ryan Colarusso (University of Vermont)   Yesterday we returned from our first overnight excursion away from base camp. We travelled into the Chacabuco Valley, part of the future Patagonia National Park, where we day-hiked and…

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Welcome Home

Written by Lily Spechler  (University of Vermont)   Within two hours of driving from our hostel, Cabañas Nino, in Coyhaique to our base camp at Cochrane, the paved road clunked to a close, and our truck hiccupped its way onto…