by Micaela Roy, of Middlebury College I jolted awake after a drop of water fell directly into my ear. It had gotten cool, and the humidity that hung in the air had condensed into fat drops on the inside of…
Bernardo O’Higgins National Park (BNP) is the largest in Chile, protecting the vast Southern Patagonian Icefield and the expansive fjords and temperate rainforest ecosystems to its west. The park protects the some of the last great refugia of the Huemul,…
by Alison Betelak, of University of Vermont When I arrived in Botswana one of the first things I noticed was the constant background noise. From the hum and chatter of insects and birds to the late-night calls of lions and…
by Matt Mitchell, of Iowa State University Being part of the ‘plant team,’ I arrived two days early to take inventory of plants that we would later encounter. Throughout our travels in Bernardo O’Higgins National Park, it was the plant team’s…
by Katie Adase, of West Virginia University 6:30am: the stars were still bright as Team Chucao tore down our tents at Camping Aquasol for the last time. Though we embraced our friends in Cochrane for the final guaranteed time, the energy…