Nov 11, 2018 - National Geographic Endeavour II
Galapagos is a place of contrasts, and this first full day
delivered a perfect introduction to the interesting diversity that exists here.
Starting our day at North Seymour Island, we headed out for hikes to explore
the inland territories of this small, central island. We encountered an
incredible amount of air traffic, as magnificent and great frigatebirds soared
overhead on the updrafts of wind coming off the ocean. Brown pelicans were plunge
diving, as blue-footed boobies gracefully entered the water with hardly a
splash. As we made our way inland among an incense tree forest, we saw multiple
land iguanas searching for sustenance—it is currently the peak of the dry
season, and food can be difficult to come by.
Growing up in northern California, Jason was surrounded by the incomparable nature of the Pacific Northwest. While attending university there, Jason met and eventually married an Ecuadorian woman who happened to be from a small group of islands off the coast of western South America. It was thus that Jason’s path led him to Ecuador and, in time, to one of the most revered natural environments on earth, the Galápagos Islands.