Patagonia

Oct. 14, 2012 – Oct. 20, 2012 By Kelly Reilly (UMass Amherst ’14) Hello once again from sunny Patagonia!  This week we got the real feeling of summer at our “vacation” spot at the confluence of the Baker and Chacabuco…

By Adele Daniel (Carleton College ’14) Hello from Cochrane, Chile! We are in town today for a food re-supply. Thirteen people eat a lot of food. Our last, celebratory night in Cristián’s Geosur Lodge in Monreál was over a week…

October 9-15 By Berrett Walter (University of Vermont ’14) On Tuesday evening after a day of lectures in out the field we drove into Cochrane to gather supplies for our up coming camping trip.  The plan for the next 4…

¡Bienvenidos! The students all arrived at the Balmaceda airport over a week ago, tired from travel but buzzing with excitement about the weeks ahead. After meeting the three trip leaders, Fernando, Kari and Ryan, everyone piled into the trucks and…

The beauty of Patagonia is immune to the passage of time but it is often seen through different lenses. The three of us come to these frozen expanses with different perspectives. For Ryan, everything is novel and mysterious, for this…