By Desiree Niewinski (Northland College) This was our first week in the Chacabuco and it lived up to all that we were expecting and more. With the start of steady bird and vizcacha surveys, the scenery of open steppe…
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By Desiree Niewinski (Northland College) This was our first week in the Chacabuco and it lived up to all that we were expecting and more. With the start of steady bird and vizcacha surveys, the scenery of open steppe…
By Kristina Benoist (Westminster College) The group has now entered what we like to call, “Recovery Mode” from the Fjords. This has provided an excuse for eating endless amounts of fresh fruits and vegetables, taking long naps in the…
By Elliott Casper (University of Vermont) It was a sunny and gorgeous day in Tortel, a rare occurrence over the last 3 weeks, but it always seems to be sunny the day you leave. The Fjords were finally coming…
November 3, 2014 By Natalie Stoneburner (CSBSJU) After successfully completing our first backpacking adventure in the Fjords, our group spent a few days recuperating in CONAF’s refugio in Fiordo Bernardo. In the refugio (a small remote house built for…
Written October 13, 2014 By Blaise Sullivan (University of Vermont) What a day. What an absolutely crazy day. I’ll give a little context to where we’ve been: we arrived in Tortel seven days ago, a town of 500 people in…