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520 - Amazing Creatures & Volcanoes of the Galapagos Islands

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June 28 - July 2
10:30 - 11:45 AM
M - F
Cost - $55
Huntsman Hall, Room 320 (bldg 9)


Course Description: This course will teach about the following: How volcanic activity, ocean currents and winds combine to shape the Galapagos Islands and their unique ecosystems. Galapagos turtles from Lonesome George, to Stud Diego & their successful population restoration on several islands. Galapagos iguanas, sea cucumbers, penguins, finches & flightless cormorants. How Darwin's observations on the islands in 1835 and the submersible Alvin cruise at seafloor nearby in 1967 totally changed two fundamental views of biological systems on earth. Threats to Galapagos biological systems including El NiƱos and climate change.

Course Instructor: Roy Carpenter retired after completing a 38 year career teaching and doing coastal oceanography research with the University of Washington Seattle School of Oceanography. He took several students on 10 day trips around the Galapagos Islands, and led oceanography majors on a research ship in the Galapagos with Ecuadorian scientists, and receiving the UW Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Teaching. He also enjoyed sports fishing in Alaskan waters. He & his wife now spend 7 months in Surprise, AZ playing sports and continuing to teach.
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