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North Parker Magazine Winter 2019

Bjorkman, Biology Students Study Costa Rican Habitats on Annual Trip

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Since 2001, biology professor Alan Bjorkman has traveled to Costa Rica a total of 10 times, eight times with North Park students.

The now biennial trip has been fine-tuned over the years into an unforgettable—and credit-bearing—experience that allows students to observe a wide variety of species in both mountain forest and lowland pacific rainforest habitats. Photos by Ethan Oliver.

Standing at Irazú Volcano at 11,500 feet above sea level. Top, left to right: Courtney Lizak, Denisa Horon, Alexander Bolotin, Brieanne Lippert, Kathryn Chlebourn, Mohammed Khan, Jan Bjorkman, Alan Bjorkman. Seated, left to right: Monika Eiermann, Islabella Herrera, Ramina Yousef, Andrea Lopez, Christina Rojas, Rebecca Conner, Jessica Ellis, Ethan Oliver.
Standing at Irazú Volcano at 11,500 feet above sea level. Top, left to right: Courtney Lizak, Denisa Horon, Alexander Bolotin, Brieanne Lippert, Kathryn Chlebourn, Mohammed Khan, Jan Bjorkman, Alan Bjorkman. Seated, left to right: Monika Eiermann, Islabella Herrera, Ramina Yousef, Andrea Lopez, Christina Rojas, Rebecca Conner, Jessica Ellis, Ethan Oliver.
Central Mountain Chain Overlooking Pacific Ocean
Central Mountain Chain Overlooking Pacific Ocean
Mirador de Quetzales Lodge
Mirador de Quetzales Lodge, where North Park group was housed
Cinder cone volcano in Irazú National Park
Cinder cone volcano in Irazú National Park
Coatimundi spotted in Corcovado National Park
Coatimundi spotted in Corcovado National Park
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