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Blog: History

Guest blog – My volunteering story by Alan Chapman

Our guest blog has been kindly written by Alan Chapman, a long term volunteer at GCT. I visited Galapagos in…

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Thor Heyerdahl and the Galapagos Islands

Norwegian explorer, author and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl was born on 6 October 1914...

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Galapagos Tortoise Exploitation and the California Gold Rush

Guest Blog by Cyler ConradThe exploitation of Galapagos tortoises by pirates and whalers is well documented, however, this week we…

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Guest Blog: Mudlarking finds transformed into unique jewellery

At our most recent event, the Galapagos Garden Party, we hosted an auction to raise money for the Galapagos Future Fund.…

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Darwin vs Raffle Round 7: The Price

In the final round of Darwin vs. Raffle we compare how much Darwin paid for his voyage with that of the raffle winner.

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Darwin returns to the Galapagos Islands

Fifty years ago on the Galapagos Islands, the Charles Darwin Research Station was established in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island.…

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Galapagos Hits the Big Screen

A famous centre of interest for natural scientists, holiday makers, marine biologists and explorers, 2014 sees Galapagos as the focus…

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Giants once roamed this Earth…

Giant tortoises are the epitome of Galapagos. Not only are they one of the best known and most charismatic species…

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The Whaler’s Barrel Postbox

In 1793 English Captain James Colnett set sail for the Galapagos to investigate the possibility of whaling in the waters…

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