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By Johannah Frisby, College of Saint Benedict’s On Wednesday October 10th, Round River and 30 students from Cochrane’s elementary school took a day-long field trip to visit our neighboring glacier. Neither group had been to the Cayuqueo Glacier before and…
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…
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…
Text and Photos by Annie Johnson, College of Saint Benedict We’ve made it! Although we haven’t been in Chile for very long yet, the anticipated basecamp/home of Cochrane has been on our minds since we first found out we were apart…
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…
by Lara Bogdanovich (University of Vermont) I have been given the daunting task of writing a summation of the Round River experience and with all my heart I will try tell our tale. After six weeks on the most…
Greetings from Chile! Our 8 students arrived on January 17th and we all have finally settled in to life in Patagonia. For the first few days we camped at the Coyaique National Reserve and enjoyed the warm weather and a nice…
December 13, 2012 By Miles and Annie (Oberlin College) We sit, on this sunniest of afternoons, in an empty Windhoek. Really, it’s not empty. There are wealthy fashionistas shopping in the mall; pasty, swimsuit-clad European tourists by the pool; young…