By Grace Horne, of Colby College Fieldwork is mostly an amalgam of unfortunate events. Because of all the dangerous wildlife, we have to drive around in trucks to complete transects and get anywhere (especially at night). The trucks sometimes have…
By Indira Palmer of University of Vermont Botswana Student Program – Spring Semester 2020 My 5:45 AM alarm beeps from the watch tightly wrapped around my right wrist and wakes me up from a night of the strangest malaria pill-induced…
By Laura Schelling of University of Vermont Our journey began on the sunny morning of March 11, when Max, Seth, Anna, and I, along with our two instructors, Diana and Gabe, packed up from base camp and prepared to head…
By Evan Olson of University of Vermont Like most people, when I wake up every morning, I like to eat food and drink something caffeinated. Here at camp, breakfast is a very personal experience. Everyone has their own way of…
By Meg Hall of University of Vermont Our time at base camp in Cochrane was always madness with needing to accomplish a million things in just a few days. After coming back from our homestays, we had an opportunity to…