By Gabriel Feinman-Riordan (College of the Atlantic) To put it mildly my time here in Botswana has been a thrilling adventure. The few relaxing moments I’ve had here have been interrupted by either a herd of elephants, a bizarre new…
By Moriah Hounsell (University of Vermont; Namibia 2010) I sometimes feel like an odd duck when I see Round River content show up on my Facebook feed, especially when things like job postings come up. Would I like to…
By Grace Fowler (Colby College) Excited to embark on our next backpacking trip after foul weather thwarted some of our plans in Fiordo Bernardo, we packed up our trusty pickup trucks and drove south to Villa O’Higgins on the…
Feb 27, 2016 Written by Ben Szydlowski (University of Vermont) Greetings from Camp Dibatana in the Ngamiland district of Northern Botswana! After spending the first four days in the town of Maun it’s finally time to be in the middle…
February 23, 2016 By James Maloney (Westminster College) Our adventure began at the end of the Baker River: Tortel, a fishing village buoyed by boardwalks. Here, in this saturated town of just 600 inhabitants, the Baker River meets the…
February 10, 2016 Written by Adeline Clayton (University of Vermont) There have been few moments in my life that I have felt complete happiness and fulfillment. It is difficult in our current lives to be completely in the moment…
February 8, 2016 Written by Olivia Andreozzi (University of Vermont) Round River Patagonia is in the fjords! After a long, beautiful boat ride through dozens of fjords we made it to our long awaited destination to start our adventure. Here…
Written by Mateo Pomilia, Round River Latin America Director Photos by Susie Dain-Owens, Associate Director of Student Programs Costa Rica is widely regarded as the poster child for democracy in Central America, a nation unburdened by many of the destructive…
Written January 27, 2016 By Nathaniel Rees (Colby College) The last 5 days have been surreal. It seems like yesterday that we arrived in Coyhaique, bleary-eyed and in desperate need of a bathroom (too many in-flight Cokes). Yet tomorrow,…
By Drew Stazesky (University of Vermont) Imagine a dwarf antelope, reddish in color with absurdly large ears and small, delicately spiked horns (on the male only). Individuals don’t stand more than 60cm tall and weigh an average of 13.2kg. And when…
“A Pig in the Hand” By Sierra Moen (Middlebury College) Vehi, Forrest, Lauren, Louise, and I had nearly completed a transect near Chobe National Park when we heard a strange, pig-like noise coming from the scrub. I chalked it…
By Amanda Ramsing-Lund (University of Vermont) If you visit Africa or Madagascar, you have a chance of seeing a bird called the Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta), which is the Afrikaans name meaning “hammer head.” Before coming to Africa, I thought the…
By Elaine Gallenberg (Northland College) Photos by Adam Spencer unless otherwise noted. I don’t know much about the origin of language, but I would bet that the creator of the word bittersweet invented it at the end of something…
Written December 4, 2015 By Sierra Moen (Middlebury College) In Maghoto, it was the hippos. Mababe, lions; and Sankuyo, the notorious honey badger. Each of our research sites has had a different variety of animals, and nocturnal visitors are…
Written November 25, 2015 By Peter Whitman (Carthage College) Photos by Adam Spencer After returning from our first fjords trip, our group spent a frantic four days unpacking, doing laundry, writing our final research papers, and repacking for our…
Written November 28, 2015 By Amanda Ramsing-Lund (University of Vermont) If you’re like our group of dedicated Disney fans, you might have just started singing the uplifting chorus of the opening song in the Lion King. Although we will…
Written November 26, 2015 By Maria Nappi (Westminster College) While everyone back home woke up and started cooking and prepping for friends and family to spend Thanksgiving together, our Round River family woke up and packed our bags for…