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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helen Scales

The underwater wonders I saw on my once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Galápagos

A group of birds perched on the railings of a boat
Boobies perched on the diving yacht used by Helen Scales and the research team. Photograph: Helen Scales/The Guardian

Darwin and Wolf Islands in the Galápagos archipelago are the kinds of places scuba divers and marine biologists dream of visiting, myself included. I even wrote a children’s book imagining a team of scientists exploring the underwater wonders of the Galápagos islands on a beautiful sailing ship.

That’s why I’m still pinching myself that earlier this year I got to take part in a real expedition to Darwin and Wolf.

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