This means "hello" or "I wish you a good day".
It’s not yet 0600h, but we’re up and working!
We'd like to introduce you to Team Biosphere.
Here's an update from the field on our activities beginning this leg of the research on September 15.
Over the past few days, we've experienced waether with 20-25 knot winds out of the east and a sizeable ocean swell, plus rain on and off. These conditions have made work in our 18’ research boat difficult. Your Moorings catamaran, however, is fantastic, and we can only sing its high praises. It is safe, stable, comfortable, and it provides more than enough space for all of our material and the five of us. We just need some better weather.
Thursday we went down to the southern tip of Fakarava, spent the night there, and just got back here to the northern end of the island yesterday evening.
RESEARCH FINDINGS!
While conducting surveys down the west coast we heard two humpback whales singing in the distance, and we also saw some spinner dolphins. Yesterday morning, there were some spinner dolphins by the south pass, and then in the evening when we arrived near the north pass we saw a couple of humpbacks.
Weather permitting, later this morning we will head east to Kauehi. If that doesn’t work, then we’ll turn around and go NW to Toau.
We've added some new pictures too! There's an aerial photo of part of a coral atoll, showing the encircling barrier reef and the motu (coral islets) on the reef; and the central lagoon.
More to come soon as we pick Internet connection back up again... Stayed Tuned!
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