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Patagonia

Musings and Mammals in the Chacabuco Valley

by Sophie Karolczak, of Wesleyan University Both teams just returned from spending the last eight days in Patagonia National Park performing censuses on guanaco and Ñandú (Darwin’s Rhea). The Patagonia National Park includes the Tamango Reserve, the Jeinimeini Reserve, and…

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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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Environmental Education at Cayuqueo Glacier

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…

Patagonia

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…

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Backpacking amongst Glacial giants

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…

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Team Condor lands in Chile

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…

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Cherries for Dessert

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…

Costa Rica

Corcovado National Park

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…

Patagonia

Our Abstract Wild

Our Abstract Wild by Mike Howe (Gustavus Adolphus College) *While Mike wrote this blog weeks ago, a busy schedule of early morning bird surveys, academics, and the occasional Patagonian cultural experience (all subjects of future blogs) has kept us from…

Namibia

Farewell From Namibia

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…