We awoke to a relatively warm and sunny morning – the skies were still clear, we could see both of "The Kichas” and it wasn’t windy. After breakfast, Mike and I packed for another day of climbing,…
We have just finished working at the Ushishir Group, which includes two small islands, Yankicha to the south and Ryponkicha to the north. They are what remain of the catastrophic explosion of the…
A Guest Journal Update by Bre MacInnes Guest journal written by Bre MacInnes Bre MacInnes Misty has asked me to give a little report about the tsunamists’ (Jody, Tanya, Katya, Seriosha and my)…
Today, the most frequently-heard words out of Bre’s mouth were: "Holy Crap!” We began the day with our typical breakfast of leftovers and/or muesli with milk.  Then we got our gear together and…
August 6 is Bre’s 25th birthday!  Everyone on the island of Matua was invited to a party to start at 7pm at the geology shore camp. (Okay, so that’s only 12 people that we know of…)  The day dawned…
At about 3:30 am this morning, it started raining. I mean REALLY raining. Not the Seattle-winter, consistently precipitating all day, kind of rain – more like monsoon-wind driven sideways, solid…
Today I learned how to determine where recent tsunamis have been. It is kind of like a tsunami Easter egg hunt. Tanya, Katya, Jody, Bre and I headed north along the beach to the furthest cape that…
It seems that I am still having trouble with the motion of the ship…I spent the evening of July 31 and the morning of August 1 in my bunk…. Bre gave me some of her Bonine though for motion sickness…
This was our last day at the site and there was still quite a bit to do.  There was still some excavating to complete and all of the final documentation of the site to do – and it takes a LOT more…
These two days were our longest, hardest days of work as we tried to finish up the excavation work before our scheduled departure from Simushir on July 31. A view of our commute to work at the…
Misty has sent us another audio journal describing the past week's geology research and tsunami exploration on Matua Island. Tomorrow Misty and the team will get back on the ship to head south and…
Misty and the team have been surveying Matua Island and are finding fascinating clues from past tsunamis! Transportation to the next field site has been stalled due to an incoming typhoon. Listen to…