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By Rebecca Wanger from Colby College Between December 8th and 11th, we explored the small coastal town of Tortel. Tortel is a beautiful village sheltered between Chilean mountains, fjords, glaciers, and rivers (Río Baker, Río Huemeles, Río Pascua, and Río…
By Evan Bak from the University of Vermont In October 2023, I spent a week doing a homestay with a Chilean family. My homestay grandfather Alamiro came to Chile in the mid-1900s and put a stick in the ground near…
By Kennedy McCarthy from the University of Vermont During our time with Round River, we went on seven expeditions across Patagonia. We have traveled to many national parks, different remote areas, stayed with Chileans and more. When we’re not gallivanting…
By Hannah Showalter from College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University (CSBSJU) One of the student-led projects this semester in Patagonia was an environmental education collaboration with a school near our base camp in Cochrane. The project was headed…
By Jackson Ward from the University of Vermont After a quick siesta when we first arrived at Leo’s, she put us to work. We gathered branches around her yard, most of which had fallen recently after a windstorm. One pile…