Galapagos trip April 12-19 2003

In April 2003 we flew via Miami to Guayaquil, Ecuador, and from there to the Galapagos on the M.S. Polaris, an 80 passenger ship operated by Linblad Expeditions. One of the advantages of these expeditions is the number of naturalists on board. This was a great experience for us, and these pictures only give a hint of diversity of the wildlife.

Pictures were taken with a Nikon Coolpix 950 (1600x1200 pixels original image size),a Nikon N6006 (using a Tamron AF 90-300 lens) and a Canon EOS Rebel G (using its Canon 35-80 lens) on Photoworks and Kodak speed 200 film, ; scanned to CD by the processor.

We have selected pictures from the trip; to make the download time bearable, there are several pages (arranged by date). In addition, the images shown on the pages are 'thumbnails' which are clickable and will open a new window with a larger image. If this does not work, click on the gray square underneath the image to open a new browser window with the larger image.

Click the image opposite any day for details and pictures for that day.

Saturday, April 12 We boarded the ship at Baltra; Zodiac trip to Cerro Dragon and Venecia.
Sunday, April 13 Española (Hood) Island: Punta Suarez and Gardner Bay.
Monday, April 14 Floreana Island: Post office barrel and Punta Cormorant.
Tuesday, April 15 (AM) Isabela Island
Tuesday, April 15 (PM) Fernandina Island
Wednesday, April 16 Santa Cruz Island; Charles Darwin Research Center.
Thursday, April 17 Genovesa (Tower) Island: Darwin Bay and Prince Phillips' Steps.
Friday, April 18 Bartolemé Island: Pinnacle Rock; Santiago Island - Puerto Egas
Saturday, April 19 Leave ship at Baltra; Guayaquil.

Click either of the map images (or the gray square) for a larger view.

Route of the Polaris, with dates

Map of the Galapagos with dates

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