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South American Odyssey
A blog by UFV Biology instructor Debbie Wheeler
At the end of August 2008, UFV Biology instructor Debbie Wheeler set off on an South American adventure that eventually led her to the Galapagos Islands. Her blog documents her journey and her adventures along the way, highlighting items of specific interest to current and future biologists.
Debbie's voyage coincides with Charles Darwin's 200th birthday, which occured on February 12, 2009. Darwin’s discoveries of unique flora and fauna in the Galapagos Islands are widely mentioned as being the source of his inspiration about evolution: descent with modification. Darwin spent a number of weeks in October 1835 sailing in and around the islands on his ship, the Beagle. 2009 is also the 150th anniversary of the publication of his famous book, On The Origin of Species. | Installments |
| August 19, 2010
| | Ecuador Part 2 Friends and Faces of the Forest | Read it nowEcuador: Part 1 - Feel The Earth Move in Ecuador | | August 12, 2010 | | Ecuador Part 1 Feel the Earth Move in Ecuador | Read it now | October 6, 2009
| | Galapagos | �Read it now | August 7, 2009
| | Penguins | �Read it now | July 30, 2009
| | The end of the world
| Read it now | June 29, 2009
| | Tierra del Fuego
| �Read it now | June 18, 2009
| | Grey Glacier
| Read it now
| May 20, 2009
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| Valdez Peninsula
| Read it now
| | May 5, 2009 |
| Iguazu Falls | Read it now | | March 23, 2009 |
| Pantanal, Brazil | Read it now | | February 8, 2009 |
| Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia | Read it now | | January 18, 2009 |
| Madidi National Park, Bolivia
Take 2 | Read it now | | January 4, 2009 |
| Madidi National Park, Bolivia | Read it now | | November 16, 2008 |
| Manu Rainforest | Read it now | | October 26, 2008 |
| Manu jungle: cloud forest | Read it now | | October 18, 2008 |
| Machu Picchu | Read it now | | October 1, 2008 | | Inca Trail, Peru | Read it now |
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| Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
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Got a question for our intrepid explorer? Email her at debbie.wheeler@ufv.ca
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