24 Jan 2014: "it contains 60 men 5 or 6 officers etc - but is a small vessel.-it will probably be out nearly 3 years" -Charles Darwin, letter to his sister Susan, written 5 September 1831
Conditions were cramped - extremely crampy for a naturalist. But it did force Darwin to organize, label, and take good notes. As for the three year voyage - not so much. Fitzroy extended the trip to five years in order to improve chronological measurements.
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Wilkes-Barre is still freezing although we've had far fewer freezing days than the past few decades. Bird-wise there's nothing interesting around but Snowy Owls. There's a distinct absence of winter finches, even our regular American Goldfinches and House Finches are largely absent.
24 Jan 2014: "it contains 60 men 5 or 6 officers etc - but is a small vessel.-it will probably be out nearly 3 years" -Charles Darwin, letter to his sister Susan, written 5 September 1831
Conditions were cramped - extremely crampy for a naturalist. But it did force Darwin to organize, label, and take good notes. As for the three year voyage - not so much. Fitzroy extended the trip to five years in order to improve chronological measurements.
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