By Caroline W. Foster, Carleton College As part of our curricula here in Botswana we have been being taught Setswana, one of the two official languages of Botswana – the other one being English. I have particularly enjoyed this…
By Caroline Carter, Bowdoin College “Make yourselves at home.” Throughout these past two weeks, home has been our tents, all meticulously set up to maximize flat ground and minimize the chance of rainwater permeating the seams of the floor,…
By Shannon Quinn, University of Vermont November 14, 2017. 6:40 a.m. I woke up in a cold dark place. I am reminded of life’s inherent harshness; the kind that can threaten to wash one’s spirit downstream. My foremost thought this…
For three years, Round River student teams have attempted to complete a biodiversity survey of the upper Pascua River watershed from Lago Quetru to Lago O’Higgins, a wild area recently threatened with heavy development. After ten days in the field…
By Zeke Zeff, Hampshire College We’ve reached the end of the road. Actually, we just made it back from beyond the end of the road and are enjoying the comforts of civilization, relatively speaking. On November 4 we left Cochrane…