Anna at Torres del Paine
JASE has offered me an amazing experience. The expedition didn't turn out as I had imagined it: some elements left me chagrined, other aspects inspired me. JASE has given me the opportunity to…
Claire at Torres del Paine
We’ve been back in the United States for about a month and a half now, and it’s time for all of us to reflect on what our Chilean experience meant to us. It seems like ages ago, but when we were in…
Luke at Torres del Paina
Luke decided to make a video for his reflection. Here it is. Luke, our photographer and videographer, among other roles he had during the expedition, at Torres del Pain
Santaigo de Chile from above
We boarded the plane back to Madison. As we left behind the tall mountains around Santiago we pledged to do whatever we could do, that would bring us back to this magical land so we could finish the…
UV warning sign
It has been more than a month since we got back from Chile. We have had time to catch up with family, friends and school. We continue to reflect and attempt to make sense of the whole experience.…
Lesser horned owl
Looking back on our blogs we have informed you readers on many different things that we have seen/done in Chile. But we are yet to inform you on all of the awesome wildlife we have been seeing here!…
JASE team at US embassy in Santiago
This morning, we were picked up from our hotel by an embassy car with three Foreign Service Officers, of whom two we got to know pretty well: Mary Sue and Dinah. They took us to an international…
Laguna Sarmiento at Torres del Paine
I remember being intrigued and confused when I heard my biology high school biology teacher talk about stromatolites, the oldest fossils found on Earth. I wanted to know more about the apartment…
JASE team during a PolarConnect event
Luke A couple days ago, Janet, an ARCUS coordinator, gave us the go for an online webinar. A webinar is a presentation over the web where one can talk to a whole group of people via computer. So we…
Torres del Paine
Chile is a great place to study geology. The land has little sediment or plant life, which lets you see all kinds of rock structures that wouldn't normally be exposed. Our visit to Torres del Paine…
Claire at Punta Arenas cemetery
We are back posting in the journal. We devoted the little free time we had for preparing the PolarConnect live event that we had today. The event was recorded, so if you want to see the event, no…
Luke at INACH lab entrance
We have a description of what happened before we were aware that Luke and others were sick today. The bus took us to a new venue this afternoon; instead of the INACH building, we were at the INACH…