**************************************** Winter Break Field Trips to Patagonia **************************************** From: Jim Reynolds <reynoljh@xxxxxxxxxxx> The Appalachian Center for Environmental Education (ACEE) announces that it is initiating new international field programs for educators and students. The inaugural excursions will take place in December and January when ACEE Associate Director and Associate Professor of Geology Dr. Jim Reynolds will lead two trips to southern Patagonia in Argentina and Chile. Jaclyn Cockburn, a doctoral student at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario will be the Associate Leader. A College/K-12 Faculty trip titled “Winter Break in Patagonia” will take place from December 9 - 23, 2006 . The student trip, titled “New Year’s at the End of the World", will run from December 26, 2006 to January 10, 2007. Participants on both trips will camp in the national parks and forests of the southern Andes and Tierra del Fuego. The mission of ACEE <http://www.brevard.edu/pfi/acee.htm> is to provide field and classroom experience in all aspects of environmental education. By offering this trip to teaching faculty, it is hoped that the experience gained from this journey will inspire some of the participants to return to Patagonia as trip leaders with their students. The trips are based on a 2004 Geological Society of America excursion that was also led by Jim Reynolds. They will visit the wild, nearly uninhabited reaches of southernmost South America. For some it may be the first international experience as a geologist. Patagonia will provide a magnificent gateway to the geology of the world. Patagonia is a beautiful and fascinating part of the planet. Covering southern Argentina and Chile, spectacular scenery awaits around every turn. Glaciers, pampas, mountains, and waterfalls are only part of the variety Patagonia has to offer. Birds and wildlife abound. Hundreds of guanacos (a wild llama species) and rheas (the South American ostrich species) as well as numerous smaller animals and birds roam the broad pampas of the region. Trip Leader: Dr. Jim Reynolds <http://www2.brevard.edu/reynoljh/>, Division of Science & Mathematics Brevard College, Brevard, NC 28712 reynoljh@xxxxxxxxxxx Phone: 828-884-8377 Associate Leader: Jaclyn Cockburn, Department of Geography; Queen's University Kingston Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada work phone numbers: 613-533-6000 office ext 75913, lab ext 74639 jaclyn.cockburn@xxxxxxxxx To see the trip itineraries: <http://www2.brevard.edu/reynoljh/patagonia2006/index.htm> $Cost$ <http://www2.brevard.edu/reynoljh/patagonia2006/facultycost.htm> See fotos from the 2004 student trip: <http://www2.brevard.edu/reynoljh/patagonia/2004/Journal/Day1Fotos.htm> ============================================================== To unsubscribe from the volcano list, send the message: signoff volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxxx To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxxx Please do not send attachments. ==============================================================
