The away team unpacks the truck
Laura and Joy, sometimes joined at the hip
Packing up the boats
Kristene takes the water temperature while Marta checks salinity
Kristene and Marta go over the log book
Matthias, Rebecca and Alan, on White Shark
Alan
Marta, as log book lady
Marta, with a syringe
Joy, by the tagging pen
The first shark is delivered by Steve!
White Shark crew delivers another shark
Kristene and Joy inspect the newborn
Kristene points out place where the PIT tag should be inserted
Kristene inserts a PIT tag
Kristene, Joy, and Marta, measuring the shark
Kristene and Joy, taking a DNA sample from the first dorsal fin
A small hole is left where the DNA sample is taken from. It will scar over black, allowing researchers to see whether a shark has had a sample taken from it before.
Joy and Kristene weigh the shark
Kristene, tagging team captain
A view of Sharkland from the tagging pen
Joy, Marta and Kristene, on the tagging boat
Marta, doing exercises... or something...
Joy and me
Dusk settles on us...
Joy, with shark pen
Joy, at dusk
Headlamps are the primary source of light at night
Meanwhile, Ruth has packed a special package for Marta, since she asked for "champagne and strawberries."
Feeding the juvenile lemon sharks
Feeding the juvenile lemon sharks
Feeding the juvenile lemon sharks
Log book lady, at work
White Shark brings in another shark
Joy makes in incision for PIT tag insertion
Joy inserts the PIT tag via syringe
Joy takes a DNA sample from the shark
Kristene and Joy weigh the shark
Joy, modeling her mosquito jacket
Kristene, doing a pen check
Kristene, doing a pen check
Johanna and Grant arrive with dinner, at 23:14!
Marta, excited about her champagne and strawberries