White Buckets

White plastic buckets are used for everything on Tern Island. They seal and unseal easily so are used to store all of our dried food. The pantry has shelves that are built to fit. They are also used for luggage. Several of the researchers arrived on the island with 2 or 3 white plastic buckets and a backpack. They are used for carrying supplies on small boat journeys on the atoll, again, because they seal and unseal easily and will keep cameras and paperwork dry. If you need a tool box, there is one handy in almost every common room on the island. We used one full of water to prime the cistern pump after working on it. When pulling invasive weeds the buckets come in handy again. Maybe its most important use is as a stool. Most mornings, as the sun rises, I eat my breakfast and drink my morning coffee on the porch while sitting on an upturned bucket.