Today we had an expedition-style day ashore on Takaroa. We strolled through the small town, met the mayor, learned about copra production and pearl farming, and even visited a shipwreck from the early 1900s. In the afternoon, we got our feet wet while enjoying some relaxing beach time.
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- 17 May 2023
Takaroa, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, 5/17/2023, National Geographic Orion
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Berit Solstad, Naturalist
Berit grew up on the rocky shores of Marblehead, Massachusetts. In the tidal cove behind her family’s home she found horseshoe crabs, eels, and feeding frenzies of fishes and birds. Low tides exposed clam flats, crabs, mussels, and snails. She explor...
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