It is always exciting to enter the caldera of Darwin Bay. Genovesa Island is one of the less visited shores in Galapagos history and therefore one of the most pristine. It is due in part to the very shallow underwater rim of its narrow entrance that waits for unsuspecting sailors like the teeth of a hungry, starving wolf (not in picture). Nowadays, in addition to two aligned navigation posts erected on the other side of the bay (that show the safe way), we count on modern and sophisticated sonar equipment. The Captain and some of our guests were checking it at the moment of the picture. Many of us were up on the sun deck, enjoying the cloud of juvenile red-footed boobies that greeted our entrance. There were party streamers all over the place...
- Daily Expedition Reports
- 16 Dec 1999
From the Polaris in the Galapagos, 12/16/1999, National Geographic Polaris
- Aboard the National Geographic Polaris
- Galápagos
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