Galapagos High Sea

West of the Galápagos, deep Pacific waters meet the volcanic shores of Isabela and Fernandina. The Cromwell Current rises toward the surface around the western islands, bringing nutrients that sustain fish, whales, seabirds and other marine life. In the age of sail the archipelago became a stopping place for whalers, who hunted in the surrounding ocean and replenished their stores at the islands before continuing their voyages.