Underwater Travelogue – Ebeye, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
From ReefsMagazine by Richard Ross and Matt Wandell When we booked our flights to Kwajalein, we really didn’t know much about the atoll except that it was part of the Marshall Islands, that the underwater life was supposed to be spectacular, and that the US had done nuclear testing in the area and still continues […]
2011 Philippine Biodiversity Expedition Part 2
From ReefsMagazine Collecting, Getting Stuff Home and New Discoveries Link to Part 1 http://vimeo.com/36865036 This video from the 2011 Philippine Biodiversity Expedition give you a good idea why the Verde Island Passage has been called ‘the center of the center of marine biodiversity’. Researchers from the California Academy of Sciences have been visiting the Verde […]
First day of diving in Borneo – Beauty and Dynamite
After two weeks of slogging through the jungle, being forced to endure huge stick insects, wild pygmy elephants, several species of hornbills and a Tarsier, we are finally getting down to seeing some “good wild life.” (Ow. My wife just kicked me, but she knows I am kidding – the land portion of this trip […]
Travel Log: Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea: Pristine and Strange World
From Advanced Aquarist It was exhausting. It was grueling. It was worth it. Part of the reason the water and jungle at Milne Bay is so pristine is that getting there is an adventure in and of itself. It took us 4 flights (23 hours in the air), two hours by car (also an adventure,) […]