National Geographic News: Galapagos

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Visitors make the 30-minute climb up rugged terrain to the summit of the central (and dormant) volcano on Bartolomi island.

In Traveler magazines April issue, writer Matthew Chapman, a direct descendant of Charles Darwin, explores the Galápagos Islands to find out what might become of this remote animal sanctuary—where his great-great-grandfathers theory of evolution first took root—in light of modern pressures.
Text by Heather Morgan, Photograph by Mattias Klum
 

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