by Adventure Scientists | Feb 29, 2012 | south america
Quite often, the desert can be a difficult thing to appreciate. It can bake you to the core; there are nasty dust storms; it is full of spiders, snakes and scorpions; there are more thorny, poky plants than imaginable; water sources are scarce; the barren,...
by Adventure Scientists | Feb 29, 2012 | south america
Over the past two weeks we’ve hiked from jungles practically dripping in green to the erosion-cut landscape of the desert. I’ll cover our first green week from lush Huerquehue National Park to Flor del Valle, Chile (sadly our last time in Chile)...
by Adventure Scientists | Feb 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Between the volcanic sand-filled valleys, full-fledged night (yes, night) rainbows, and neon green alpine vegetation, it is hard to not imagine that you are on another planet. The moonscape of the volcanic region we were able to explore was beyond any of our...
by Adventure Scientists | Feb 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
I think I might be hooked on wolverines. Last weekend I had the amazing opportunity to join a group of volunteers tracking wolverines and lynx in western Montana, and now I can’t stop searching for Google images of these awesome and elusive creatures. (I promise...
by Adventure Scientists | Feb 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
A whirlwind of taxis, multiple airports, a six hour bus ride and a few days without sleep, made the four days that I actually spent on the beach in the Dominican for my brother’s wedding seem like a distant dream. I was back in Bariloche with the girls! A week...
