Reporting LIVE!!! from the Chesterfields!

wow.. the wonders of modern technology... here I am sitting on the N/O ALIS, "àà km southwest of New Caledonia atop a sea mount known as Nova Banc... and I have internet connection! It's been a long way since the times of HMS Challenger and Beagle, baby.

LOL. Here's a spot check to find out who's been reading my blog! Even when I'm gone!
The connection has been painfully slow, so I try not to get online except to check me emails and such. So.. has anything been happening in Sunny Singapore lately?

A short update... its been a week of dredging, trawling and more dredging here. Interesting experience for me. My first expedition on such a tiny boat (ALIS is only 28m) but my longest ever at 3 weeks. Didn,t quite get used to the rough waves of the chesterfields and at one point was sick 8 times in 12 hours! That is a persoanl record which I shall regale to my grandkids. We've been getting some interesting new species, and to date has lost a dredge.

Ok;; that,s it from me for now.. in case the net connection times out. and I'm typing slozly... using a french AZERTY keyboard.

till next time!