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81. The view looking towards Wreck Bay shows the rails leading to the pier, and what was for a long time the archipelago's only lighthouse. “Johnson from London” lived in the shack next to the light.

82. Left: Manuel A. Cobos and Dagfinn on horseback, Progresso. Right: Karin, Tony, Dagfinn and Manuel Cobos. The photograph was taken in 1933 and was sent to friends Ruth and Alf Ødegård who, at that time, were back in Norway. The picture does not reveal anything about the great finanical crash which had already ruined both Manuel and his brother-in-law, Rogerio Alvarado.

83. WWII Cannon on Cañón Beach, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, 2016

84. Hacienda El Progreso, Main Street in 1905

85. Sea Lions on Playa Mann and Cruise Ships in Wreck Bay, 2012

86. Carpintero Midden Profile

87. Accounting Office and Armchair inside the Hacienda House

88. Bacalao, coffee, sugar, yucca flour, corn and cattle were the most important export products on San Cristóbal. Here, the Manuel J. Cobos is loaded with sacks from the trolleys on the long pier at Wreck Bay.

89. The Government House on Hacienda El Progreso in 1905

90. Locally Harvested Invasive Cedar at the El Progreso Carpentry, 2016

91. Map of Zone of Special Use (ZUE) in San Cristóbal Island

92. Great class distinction, racial prejudice, language problems and religious barriers made communication between Norwegians and local residents difficult in San Cristóbal. Upon their arrival in Galápagos, the Norwegian colonists were quite unprepared for these problems.

93. Beer Shipment Loaded onto Trucks, Commercial Dock, Wreck Bay

94. Digital Terrain Model of the Central Mill Area Using LiDAR Returns

95. The Cemetery at Puerto Chico in 1905

96. Karin and Manuel Cobos with two-year old Dagfinn, Wreck Bay, 1932.

97. The romantic Karin revealed herself also as a woman with great willpower. In 1945 she was overwhelmed with marital problems, obligations as a mother of six, and financial difficulties. She and Manuel separated. With the help of the children and their father, she established her own cattle ranch. In 1952 she moved into the first “Pampa Mia” near Progreso.

98. Open Grazing Land, Santo Tomás, Isabela, 2016

99. Gravel Quarry, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, in 2012

100. The Hacienda Sugar Mill in 1905