by Grace Pearson, of Carleton College Our week backpacking through the core zone of Tag Nuur was a marathon of knowledge accumulation run at a pace that could win the Boston. From July 13 to the 20th , we were…
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by Grace Pearson, of Carleton College Our week backpacking through the core zone of Tag Nuur was a marathon of knowledge accumulation run at a pace that could win the Boston. From July 13 to the 20th , we were…
by Mathew Zappa, of Carleton College One of the sections of the trip that I had been most excited for was the bird surveys. I was looking forward to start collecting data for my study, but also had personal reasons…
by Alexis Sullivan, of Weber State University The days in the Darhad are ever changing, unpredictable, and long. In the last six days we have had an abundance of experiences, mileage on our boots, sleep deprivation, hours of dancing and…
by Kelsey Barber, of Westminster College On June 25 we boarded a leg of the Trans-Siberian Railroad, starting our journey to the Darhad. The instructors scheduled our train ride to go through the night which made our nearly twelve hour…
Group picture at the entrance of Gandan Monastery. Photo by Elizabeth Brunner by David Ahrens, Carleton College After traveling for 24 hours, we landed in Ulaanbaatar (UB) at about 10pm, disembarked the plane, and walked through the small airport…