Wow, I had no idea that the HMS Beagle Project was keeping track of their fund-raising stats, but they are, and even though I added a fundraising widget to my left sidebar in September 2008, this blog was ranked number two for sending visitors to their fund-raising site in 2008! Congratulations to all of you for helping them raise funds to build a replica of the HMS Beagle!
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