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Galapagos Marine Ecology
Page last updated 17 March 2008 The 28-day course begins with a one-week service project on San Cristobal Island in the local school; we spend mornings with the children exploring tidepools, collecting plankton and helping to re-forest native vegetation in the cloud-filled highlands. The remainder of the day and the following week are spent exploring first hand why these islands are so famous as the birthplace of evolution and as Darwin’s stomping grounds. We snorkel with vast schools of fish, sea lions and marine iguanas, and see many of the unique land and sea organisms found only on the Galapagos Islands. Students work in pairs on small field research projects on an animal or question of their choice. The last ten days are spent visiting several of the most fascinating islands in the archipelago. We visit blue-footed booby and albatross nesting sites, sea lion rookeries, a giant-tortoise sanctuary, and the volcanoes that gave rise to the islands. We also visit the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island. Dates for Summer 2008 are July 8-Aug 3. To apply, or for more information, contact: Tom Lutz (course coordinator) Dr. Dave Gori (course co-instructor, summer 2008)
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