Today we departed Tonga. As soon as we passed the reef I was happy to have taken seasickness pills. The sea is not bad, but not good either and ship is rolling quite a bit. We now have two days of navigation before reaching our first target at Louisville seamounts chain, but there is already a lot of activity going on on the ship. With 14 scientists on board and only 5 dives maximum with the submersible (if the weather is good) there is a lot of negotiations going on to make everybody happy. Then we also need to prepare the baskets in front of the submersible with all the equipments we will use.
This afternoon, we had a ceremony to pray for Konpira san, the god of the sea, the Japanese Poseidon, and we drunk some sake for him. Hopefully, he will be happy with our prayers and provide us with nice sea conditions for the cruise.
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| The ship last night in Nukualofa |
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| It seems some captain tried a new shortcut to the beach... |
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