Editor's note: The Sun-Sailor introduced readers to Ella Beaudoin, a student at Groves Academy in St. Louis, in February after she won a National Geographic essay contest to go on a 10-day expedition to the Galapagos Islands. She and 14 other students from across the country left on the expedition in May. Upon her return we asked Ella to write about the experience.

BY ELLA BEAUDOIN - SPECIAL TO SUN NEWSPAPERS

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