By Isabelle Lazarus (University of Vermont) I have arrived. It didn’t quite hit me when I stepped off of the plane in Santiago, nor when we landed in Balmaceda. It didn’t quite click when we wandered through the streets…
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By Isabelle Lazarus (University of Vermont) I have arrived. It didn’t quite hit me when I stepped off of the plane in Santiago, nor when we landed in Balmaceda. It didn’t quite click when we wandered through the streets…
It’s hard to believe, but our sixth Patagonia program is almost underway! Our field instructors, Jessica and Elizabeth, have been busy in southern Chile, preparing for the arrival of 8 students on our Patagonia Conservation Program. Our program coordinator, Matt, is…
By Chloe Beck (Miami University, Ohio ’16) Calafate (Berberis sp.) is the common name for a species of shrub within the genus Berberis. Berberis shrubs have many different species covering a wide geographic range from the temperate regions in the…
By Bolton Howes (Macalester College ’15) Darwin’s Rhea (Rhea pennata), also known as the Lesser Rhea, is a large flightless bird that lives in the Patagonian steppe. Rheas belong to a group called ratites, which include other large flightless…
By Andrew Gage (Macalester College ’15) Que Vida, Che! Dressed from head-to-toe in all black, we snuck into the enemy camp. The objective was simple: cause as much damage as possible, in the form of tent-stake removal, before our cover…