Rio Roosevelt Expedition Map
The team will be posting short messages and their location to this interactive map with their Delorme InReach SE. You can use this map to track their progress down the Rio Roosevelt.
Rio Roosevelt Expedition
You can buy Piranhas at Walmart in Brazil!
Today we went to Walmart to buy all of the food we will eat for lunch during our expedition on the Rio Roosevelt. We bought enough lunch items for 34 days. We will not have refrigerator, so we had to carefully select food that will not spoil. We will eat a lot of Clif …
Exploring the Atlantic Forest near Ubatuba
5_19_14StudentResponse(Lower) 5_19_14StudentResponse(Upper) This morning we left the hustle and bustle of Sao Paulo and drove to Ubatuba. Ubatuba is a three-hour drive from Sao Paulo and it is on the ocean. It is a very beautiful place with lush mountains towering above white sand beaches. Paul and I are traveling with Eurico. Eurico is a …
Preparing to canoe the Rio Roosevelt
5_12_14StudentResponse(Lower) 5_12_14StudentResponse(Upper) On Friday Paul Schurke and I will get on an airplane in Duluth, Minnesota and fly to Sao Paulo, Brazil. We are busy organizing and packing our equipment for our trip. We will spend over 6 weeks in Brazil. We will be exploring the Amazon Rainforest. We will spend over a month canoeing …
Explore the Amazon Rainforest following the footsteps of Theodore Roosevelt
TR & Rondon River of Doubt in Canoe 1913 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Live Updates May 2014 – June 2014 This spring the Freemans will return to the Amazon Rainforest to study the plants, animals, and people of one of the world’s last great wildernesses. The Amazon Rainforest is largest tropical rainforest in the world. This …
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