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By: Panya Cao, Reed College
I was apprehensive, tired, and more than a little worried about our project: two days of environmental education field trips for the fifth grade classes of Cochrane. It had only just hit me that I would be communicating with fifth grade students all day in Spanish…
By: Oliver Bunker, University of Montana
The alarm chirped me awake at precisely 6:20 a.m., and I sprang out of my sleeping bag like a mountain marmot greeting the dawn. Today was no ordinary day, it was glacier day! The Calluqueo Glacier awaited, along with a gaggle of curious schoolchildren eager to learn about the magical mechanics of nature.
By: Ruby Borden, Carleton College
At the end of the day, we each took a piece of the glacier home with us, some of us as dust in our boots and others as pounds of rocks we carried in our packs…
By: Margaret McCarthy, Colby College
Ever seen a real-life glacier? We have! This week, all thirteen of us, Lily, Clau, and Danny drove to the coastal town of Caleta Tortel to study bryophytes and lichens near Jorge Montt Glacier.
The overall goals of this trip were to learn about the integral practices of “Leave No Trace” in the backcountry, the geomorphological features of San Lorenzo, and the natural environment of alpine zones in Chile.