savoring our last days on the island before the birth of #4

Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (febrero de 2016)

The three musketeers on the grassy shoreline of Seno Lauta. We had some very special moments this past February as my kids and I took in our last week on the island before having to head to the mainland for the birth of #4. Emotional to imagine the dynamic of our family changing and to think of the last three years of our lives as a family unit. Dismasting our boat and landing on Navarino was a life-changing event. The addition to our family was sure to be another game changer. Happy, excited, and missing James who was away on a refit job that we knew would at last pay off the final balance due on our mast.

fishermen's dinghies

Fishermen's dinghies.
Seno Lauta Harbour, Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (septiembre de 2015)

low tide

Dark green algae cut by a curve of fallen leaves.
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (mayo de 2015)

Raivo helping Pearl through the quick mud.
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (mayo de 2015)

Searching for marine life underneath the kelp.
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (mayo de 2015)

Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) & fallen lenga leaves.
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (mayo de 2015)

Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)
Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (mayo de 2015)

green & silver

Green algae and silky silver water at low tide on Seno Lauta.
Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (abril de 2015)

on the water recreation

Pearl (at 2 years) ready to take over the paddle.
Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (febrero de 2015)

Tormentina (age 6)
Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (febrero de 2015)

t learning to kayak

Tormentina's first day in the kayak.
Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (febrero de 2015)

jacky jumbou - phytoplankton lab day on anasazi girl

Phytoplankton lab day on board Anasazi Girl: French biologist Jacky Jumbou teaches Tormentina and Raivo how to collect seawater from Seno Lauta, pour it through an 80µ filter, drop samples onto a slide, and how to use a microscope to view the plankton.

It is often a cacophony of German, Russian, French, Spanish, and English on the big raft yacht club we call the Micalvi. No language barriers here as Tormentina came away from her "French" science class telling me that the phytoplankton is very important because it gives us our oxygen to breathe.

Jacky Jumbou helps Tormentina and Raivo collect seawater from Seno Lauta.
Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (Enero 2015)

Jacky Jumbou helps Tormentina and Raivo collect seawater samples from Seno Lauta
Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (Enero 2015)

Tormentina pours her sample through an 80µ filter.
Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (Enero 2015)

Tormentina pours her sample through an 80µ filter.
Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (Enero 2015)

Tormentina prepares her first slide.
Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (Enero 2015)

T & R learn how to use a microscope.
Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (Enero 2015)

... and voila, phytoplankton!
Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (Enero 2015)

Transferring images of plankton from the microscope to the computer.
Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (Enero 2015)

Portrait of Biologist & Humanitarian - Jacky Jumbou
Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino - CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (Enero 2015)