November 20, 2014 By Isabelle Lazarus (University of Vermont) Three weeks ago, at a casual visit to the internet café, our instructors were approached by the “upper ups” of CONAF (i.e. the bosses of Orlando and Felidor, the guardasparques…
November 28, 2014 By Karissa Killian (Westminster College) Who knew that Namibia had a natural paradise so similar to that of Palm Springs in the United States? In fact, it has the same name: Palmfontein. Fontein means spring in…
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…
November 12, 2014 By Taylor Schlichting (Colby College) We drove in on a dark, smooth paved road initiating the feeling of novelty, the thrill of being somewhere different. Wide eyed, overwhelmed and excited, we pass tour busses crammed with…