Written 11/4/15 By Chrissy St. Hilaire (St. Michael’s College) Patagonia is said to be one of the most untouched pieces of nature on the planet. Here, twelve students, three instructors, and two CONAF officials are searching for one of the…
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Written 11/4/15 By Chrissy St. Hilaire (St. Michael’s College) Patagonia is said to be one of the most untouched pieces of nature on the planet. Here, twelve students, three instructors, and two CONAF officials are searching for one of the…
Round River Conservation Studies combines academics, conservation science, and adventure, bringing small groups of university students to Chilean Patagonia to investigate population dynamics of endangered species, evaluate protected area management strategies, and explore newly exposed terrain as glaciers retreat from…
Written October 29, 2015 By Caitlin Eichten (Carleton College) We spent our sixth week in Patagonia at Base Camp in Cochrane working on midterms. Although we busied ourselves the majority of the week with studying and preparing for our…
Week of October 19, 2015 By Katin Liphart (Carleton College) Sometimes in life, you just need to go climb a mountain. There’s no rhyme or reason to it, nothing tangible can be gained from hiking up a piece of rock….
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…