Benthos and Coral

The reefs we survey are free of fishing and pollution. Our long term monitoring data is used to compare our pristine reefs with over-fished and polluted reefs to determine the severity and long term impacts to those reefs.

Kava

Our second night on Caqalai (Than-ga-lai) we got the opportunity to drink kava with the Fijian staff. Kava is a beverage made from piper methysticum, a plant native to the…

Base Life

Base life is challenging but rewarding. We wake up every morning at 6:00 to do chores. Some of the chores are: cleaning the bathrooms, cooking, loading the boats for the…