By Nicole Prom of University of Minnesota Common name: Chilean huemul Scientific name: Hippocamelus bisulcus The huemul is the national animal of Chile, an icon of the country featured on their coat of arms and seen throughout many displays, including…
By Seth Price of Binghamton University Patagonia Student Program – Spring 2020 Semester The tires of the van roll into basecamp. 14 days out in the Chacabuco Valley behind us. 14 days of up-at-sunrise mornings, out-in-the-field afternoons, and in-the-tent…
By Rob McManus of the College of St. Ben’s St. John’s University Amidst all of the concerning news updates on COVID-19 we received at our basecamp in Cochrane, one of the tasks we were assigned was to plan an environmental…
By Jenifer Torres of University of Vermont Every time it rains in Botswana, it is exciting for many reasons. Rain, pula in Setswana, is important culturally here as it is considered a blessing due to its scarcity. Botswana is currently…
By Jesse Isenhart of Dawson High School In a briefing back at base camp days ago, two things were very clear in my mind: it was going to be cold and likely raining the whole time we were in the…