By Molly Jo Krupkin of the University of Vermont 2/12/2024 On a sunny February day we headed out to Naturaleza Publica, a native flora and fauna farm, in Puerto Guadal to plant and sort seeds and learn about native plants,…
By Tate Mullin of the University of Vermont After spending two weeks in the bush near Mababe, a small village 3 hours northeast of Maun, the vegetation has started to feel natural, and I sometimes forget about how different it…
By Lu Lobón of Colby College A set of names, universities, phone numbers, and emails were all we were to each other just a month ago. One hour-long zoom and some Instagram stalking only gives you so much information on…
By Kian Sia Su from the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University Our final surveying excursion of the semester brought the entire Round River crew to a small campo on a lake to the Southeast of Cochrane. The…
By Harriet Winterer from Colby College Homestays part two! Unfortunately, my counterpart Jackson (you may know him from the first homestays blog) felt gravely ill halfway through our homestay. Luckily, I was ready to step into the role. We were…
By Kyle Miller from Montana State University November 20-27, 2023 We were off to Lago Brown! I was looking forward to returning to the area, I had a wonderful time in that area during my homestay. I couldn’t wait to…
Captured and edited by Fall 2023 Patagonia Semester student Rebecca Wanger from Colby College
By Rebecca Wanger from Colby College Between December 8th and 11th, we explored the small coastal town of Tortel. Tortel is a beautiful village sheltered between Chilean mountains, fjords, glaciers, and rivers (Río Baker, Río Huemeles, Río Pascua, and Río…
By Evan Bak from the University of Vermont In October 2023, I spent a week doing a homestay with a Chilean family. My homestay grandfather Alamiro came to Chile in the mid-1900s and put a stick in the ground near…
By Kennedy McCarthy from the University of Vermont During our time with Round River, we went on seven expeditions across Patagonia. We have traveled to many national parks, different remote areas, stayed with Chileans and more. When we’re not gallivanting…
By Hannah Showalter from College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University (CSBSJU) One of the student-led projects this semester in Patagonia was an environmental education collaboration with a school near our base camp in Cochrane. The project was headed…
By Jackson Ward from the University of Vermont After a quick siesta when we first arrived at Leo’s, she put us to work. We gathered branches around her yard, most of which had fallen recently after a windstorm. One pile…
By Colin Moody from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga So far during our trip in Botswana, we’ve had many great memories throughout the first month, with hopefully many more to come. This picture is of one of the many…
By Brendan Hamill-O’Neil from the University of Vermont
By Brendan Hamill-O’Neil from The University of Vermont After days of blazing heat combined with midterms in mopane camp, we were all excited to drive out to the Makgadikgadi national park for a fall break of sorts. When we arrived…