By Eda Reed (Colby College) It was your typical Wednesday evening. We were sitting around the fire eating a dinner of pap (a sort of maize mashed potatoes) and lentil stew, while watching the beginnings of the sunset. Maya turned…
By Emma Rosenfield (Colby College) What a week! In preparation for our great journey into the bush, we practiced birding on a sunset cruise, met with various organizations to learn about fieldwork, and cut a few inches off of Hailey’s…
by Russell Carter The past few days have been a whirlwind of activity. However, they started out a little slower, when we had the opportunity to dry out next to a fire and rest on the banks of the Rio…
By Brynn Pedrick (University of New Hampshire) We began our fourth day in the fjords at the base of our first pass of the trip. The Southeast corner of Estero Landgre had seemed so far away from our starting point…
By Devan Pensinger It was surprisingly sunny as we drove into town of Tortel to begin our first big excursion of the semester. Tortel would be our home base as we prepared for backpacking and conducting fieldwork in the temperate…