Being in the middle of nowhere, with no way to contact those I left behind, created a space for growth. I found it both exhilarating and challenging—being disconnected from the world I was used to felt like flipping a coin. On one side was the thrill of living entirely in the moment, unattached to the steady ping of messages or the urgency of news. On the other side was the gnawing awareness that those I loved were still living their lives without me, and I couldn’t instantly be part of their moments or share my own. This experience, however, taught me something profound: there is beauty in this disconnection, a freedom that opens space for the unexpected and the new.
By: Milana Krishnevsky, Macalester College
As attached as we are to the warmth of the ger, we have been going on walks, finishing data collection, and even starting data collection anew these past few weeks. Most importantly, we’ve been birding.
By: Ethan Thompson, University of Vermont
Come along with me and the crew on our first backpacking trip through the Tamango sector of Parque Patagonia to Lago Cochrane!
By: Emma Speakman-Watt, Westminster University
Come along with me as I take you around Camp Aquasol!
By: Alex DiChiara, University of Virginia
Robin Wall Kimmerer writes that a gift carries an obligation to give back. Maybe that’s the balance I keep coming back to: the busy days and the quiet ones, taking and returning the favor.
By: Cedar Greve, Bowdoin College
I keep finding myself, standing out from everything else, full of immense gratitude. Not simply for this unbelievably beautiful place or the amazing people I get to be here with, but for this experience, of disorientation and new familiarity, of austral adaptations.