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by Sophia Merriweather of Colby College The huemul (Hippocamelus bisculus) is a deer endemic to southern Chile and Argentina that holds great cultural significance to the Chilean people. It is featured on the Chilean coat of arms along with the…
by Stacy Polykova, of University of Maryland As I write this final blog post, the Austral Fall approaches and soon we will escape the cold of incoming winter and head back to the spring of the Northern Hemisphere. Our time…
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 Conor Larkin, Colby College (photos by Adam Spencer) Our time in BNP El Mosco Reserve can only be described in two words: quite remarkable. I kid, I kid, not only due to the fact that quite remains to this…
by Siena Wiedmann, of Bowdoin College Like true adventurers, we trekked across the worn boardwalk through the small, colorful town of Caleta Tortel, feeling like the wooden panels might collapse beneath the weight of our heavy backpacks. We had spent…
By Julia Selle, of the University of Vermont Last week, Team Tero headed out on another research trip, this time to the Bien Nacional Protegido (BNP, National Protected Good) Río Mosco, walking from Villa O’Higgins and right next to the…
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…
Hannah Phelps, Middlebury College January 31st – February 18 Along with learning all about the Patagón culture and ecotourism, Team Condor also went on two backpacking trips during our three-week stay in Río Turbio. On the first trip, we spent…
by Allison Mullen, University of Vermont January 30-February 7 Team Condor For three weeks, Team Condor lived on a campo rented by a Patagón named Marcelo. To get there we drove eight hours south from Cochrane, left the cars at a…
Blog and Photos by Maya Morduch-Toubman, Bowdoin College It has already been a week since we started our spring semester in Patagonia, and I know that I will continue to be in awe of the beauty here until the day…
Blog and photos by Shelby Sawyer, Franklin and Marshall College On Thursday, we left the hostel in Coyhaique to begin fieldwork in Cerro Castillo National Reserve. On the way, we picked up Carolina, a local expert on the endangered huemul…