First mate of the WESTWARD viewing copra drying operation.

Men's meeting house presided over by island chief

Man-made canal built for moving coconuts to the drying sheds.

Traversing the man-made freshwater canal.

A view of the jungle adjacent to the freshwater canal.

Native workers traversing the freshwater canal system.

Micronesian workers traversing the freshwater canal system.

Traversing the man-made freshwater canal.

Village site along man-made freshwater canal.

Necker Island

Necker Island

Remains of prehistoric house site

The cliffs

La Perouse Rock - Dave Olsen of National Park Service in bow of boat ready to land.

Lisianski Island

Dave Olsen of National Park Service jumping to zodiac launch at Lisianski Island

Scientists counting birds at Gardner Pinnacles.

Gardner Pinnacles - numerous sharks made landing here very exciting. They attempted to attack the biologists swimming to shore.

Gardner Pinnacles - numerous sharks made landing here very exciting. They attempted to attack the biologists swimming to shore.

Climbing up the rock wall and catching breath after evading sharks.

Guano on Gardner Pinnacles

The landing area on Gardner Pinnacles

University of Hawaii research vessel TERITU at Gardner Pinnacles. Known as the "Terrible Two" because of rolling ability.

Approaching La Perouse Rock - This was once a large volcanic island but erosion has removed all but this last remnant.

Gardner Pinnacles

The University of Hawaii research vessel TERITU at Gardner Pinnacles

Coral rock reef-line on Laysan Island

Biologists studying marine fauna in tidal pools on Laysan Island

Stranded parrotfish in tidal pool at low tide on Laysan Island

Aerial view of Midway Island. Note people on sand beach.

Aerial view of the atoll.

Barracuda observed during dive on reef

The Pitons from offshore

The Pitons from a land view

The Valley of Desolation

A boiling lake in a volcanic caldera

A tropical coastal scene

Dave Hardy, NODC scientist on collecting expedition, followed by biologist Linda Parish. Hardy leading a herpetological collecting expedition on the slopes of the active volcano, La Soufriere.

La Soufriere volcanic crater

La Soufriere volcanic crater

Trinidad sunset

Dr. Tony Picciolo taking a break from collecting

Man-of-War Bay at Charlottesville

Man-of-War Bay at Charlottesville

The view of Little Tobago Island from Speyside on the northeast coast

Man-of-War Bay at Charlottesville

Dr. Tony Picciolo giving a coconut what-for prior to partaking of coconut milk.

Dr. Picciolo helping local fishermen haul in beach seine net prior to inspecting catch for indigenous species.

Studying internal structure and organisms of coral NOAA scientists Dr. Tony Picciolo, Dave Hardy, and Darrell Knoll.

Dave Hardy and Dr. Tony Picciolo improvising for collecting vessel.