iHerp Australia Issue 2 | Page 51

our next next issue: issue: In In our The Land that Time Forgot. Join Ben Dessen as he retraces Charles Darwin’s epic voyage of discovery in H.M.S. Beagle.... “It had always been a childhood dream of mine to explore the natural wonders of South America, in particular the Galapagos Islands. The lure of seeing giant tortoises, Marine Iguanas and a vast array of other endemic wildlife species in this unique ecosystem had me completely hooked. Like many zoologists, conservationists and environmentalists before me, I felt compelled to make a pilgrimage to the mecca of science, the birthplace of the theory of evolution, the enchanted islands.” Photograph by Sam Dessen.