Seal Census

I had an interesting afternoon of wandering the northern end of the atoll with 2 of the seal researchers today. We left about lunch time and took the small boat to Shark Island. We motored into shallow water and Mark jumped off and waded into the Island. Derek and I motored out a 1/4 mile and anchored while Mark did the seal census work on the island. When he was finished we went in and picked him up and left for Trig Island. We went on past Trig and stopped in several places for some snorkeling. We then went back to Trig, anchored, and all of us went onshore. Derek and Mark did their census work and I watched and wandered the parts of the island I could walk without disturbing seals or turtles. We then got back in the boat and motored home to Tern. Much of this travel is in among the coral heads which require wandering left and right to get where you are going. The snorkeling was good and we saw many interesting fish and invertebrates.