Bittersweet Bittersweet, adj. : both pleasant and painful It’s hard to put into words all of the emotions running through our bodies or the thoughts racing through our minds on the last days here on Green Island, Kure Atoll. As the hour’s tick by, we can’t help but feel ourRead More →
“I’ve got the tape ready when you are Matt,” said Keelan. She bucked and roared. “She’s just having a bit of a fit, she’s alright,” he said. I peered over my shoulder to see Matt gently lift the weaned seal pup up so Keelan could slip the yellow plastic measuringRead More →
It’s 7 am. The breeze is lightly blowing the sarong I have stretched in front of the window as a makeshift drape. I can see the sun rising high in the sky. The heat radiating off the ground lets me know it’s already hot out. As I lay in bedRead More →
Hello All! We have officially finished our first month on Green Island, in Kure Atoll. Now that things have settled we are all starting to fall into place and fit into a rhythm. I wanted to share a bit of what our daily lives consist of to paint a betterRead More →
Hello all! We’ve completed our first few days on Kure! It has been so amazing, overwhelming and beautifully exhausting all at the same time. We left Honolulu on April 4th aboard the cargo ship, the Kahana. The minute we crossed into the Marine Monument everything transformed. I could feel myRead More →