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Chucaos in the Chacabuco

by Baillie Stein, of Colby College Midday on February 20th, I was sitting in the back of Blue Luv: our big, blue, well-worn, rugged Chevy SUV with “Round River Conservation Studies” emblazoned on either door. We were bringing up the…

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Far Out

by Rae Tennent, of Carleton College It’s pretty hard to escape people. In the continental US, it is impossible to get more than 30 miles from a road, so disappearing into the wilderness is only as easy as buying into its…

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Lessons of Gratitude in Puerto Edén

by Ella Mighell, University of Vermont Puerto Eden – remote and isolated might be word associations for a traveler who spends half an hour walking the limited boardwalks of Isla Wellington as the ferry unloads barrels of petroleum, rolls of building…

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In Search of Sphagnum

Written by Paul Karpinski, Northland College Photos by Adam Spencer After tracking huemules, seeing glaciers and learning a plethora of new plants and birds in the alpine glacier valleys surrounding Lago O’Higgins, we had the privilege of visiting Tortel, home…