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- Cruise ships in Galapagos (Oct 29)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2100-1846997,00.html>
The Sunday Times - UK
Conservationists have reacted with horror to the news that cruise ships
carrying up to 500 passengers have been given the green light to visit
the Galapagos...
- Volcano erupts on Galapagos island (Oct 24)
<http://www.channel4.com/news/content/news-storypage.jsp?id=1764376>
Channel 4 News - London,UK
The 1,500-metre (4,920-feet) Sierra Negra volcano has begun to erupt on
Isabela, the largest of the Galapagos Islands. (Related stories: Galapagos Volcano Erupts for Third Day, Galapagos Volcano Blows Its Top, Tourists flock to volcanic eruption on largest of the Galapagos islands, Tourists View Galapagos Volcano, Remote Galapagos Island Volcano Erupts)
- Looking inside to solve global problems (Oct 14)
<http://barometer.orst.edu/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/10/14/434f500e32e8c>
OSU Daily Barometer - Corvallis,OR,USA
I’m in one of the most incredible places on earth. I feel like
I’ve been saying that a lot lately. But these are the Galapagos
Islands...
- Tortoise fit and well at 175 (Oct 17)
<http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=135028&cat=World>
Webindia123 - India
Harriet, a giant Galapagos tortoise who may have been raised by Charles
Darwin, is 175 years old, a testimony to Darwin's survival of the
fittest theory. (Related story: Step Aside Harriet, Jonathan's Got You Beat)
- Johnson defends trip paid for by Nature Conservancy (Oct 12)
<Click for article> Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
WASHINGTON —US Rep. Nancy Johnson is defending a trip she took this
year to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands at the expense of the Nature
Conservancy. (Related story: Murphy thinks Johnson should repay trip money)
- Greetings from Galapagos (Oct 10)
<http://www.lovelandfyi.com/communityrh/news.asp?ID=2440>
Loveland Herald Reporter - Loveland,CO,USA
Between observing some of the world’s most unusual wildlife and getting
briefly stuck in the middle of a riot, several Mountain View High
School students got a political as well as a scientific education...
- A ghost town on the Galapagos (Oct 7)
<http://barometer.orst.edu/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/10/06/4344c2143cbbf>
OSU Daily Barometer - Corvallis,OR,USA
I live in a ghost town, in a manner of speaking. Puerto Baquerizo Moreno is the capital of the Galapagos...
- TV Chef Ross set to get Rheged sizzling (Oct 5)
<http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/familylife/viewarticle.aspx?id=288551>
News & Star - Carlisle,Cumbria,UK
TV chef Ross Burden will be spicing up this weekend’s Taste District Food Festival at Rheged.
- Book Reviews: Pair try to puzzle out decline of Darwin (Oct 2)
<http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/books/051002/book4.shtml>
The Decatur Daily - Decatur,AL,USA
The book opens with field researcher Hugh Kellem on one of the
Galapagos islands where Hugh meets another scientist, Beth Dulcimer.
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