Mahalo M/V IMUA Crew, Aloha Kure! What an amazing journey this has been already, and we’re just getting started! Life out at sea is truly a different kind of lifestyle, we’re literally living with the ocean. Each second is breathtaking out here. The waves glisten on the horizon with aRead More →
Kure Atoll is a wild and isolated place. It sits alone in the vast Pacific Ocean about 1500 miles or so northwest of O‘ahu. Resting on the southeast corner of the northwestern-most atoll is Green Island–a tiny, flat spit of land in the shape of a waxing moon, with theRead More →
Spending a few years on this tiny island in the middle of the Pacific has taught me a lot. Each day offers new growth and a chance to engage with the natural world in a way we rarely get to in our modern lives. News of the day tends toRead More →
The winter crew has been on Kure for about two months. Every morning we are greeted by the sun burning over the Eastern horizon. But a couple weeks ago we were, instead, awoken by the glare of lights on the Western side of the island. If you regularly read aboutRead More →
The M/V Kahana picks us up tomorrow. Just like that, our seven and a half month field season will come to an end and we will say our goodbyes to the place we’ve called home for quite some time. It’s been a busy end finishing out our last full weekRead More →