Lengguru
Friday 28th November, from Montpellier. There you go! Our expedition has come to an end, we are back home (or on our way, for those of us who are not home yet). The journey was long but went well. So there won’t be any daily information on this blog any more. No picture today, it is over! (translated by Lara … Continue reading
Sophie Quérouil interviews a few scientists involved in the Lengguru research programme. The Lengguru research programme studies the processes and interactions between geodynamics – biodiversity – human societies within the karstic systems of Western Papua. Beware, you must wait for the page to be fully loaded in order to listen to the interviews In French : Evy Ayu Arida (LIPI) specialised … Continue reading
Tuesday 25th November, in transit at Jakarta’s airport. The day will be spent just going back to Jakarta. We are split into two different flights leaving at 2pm and 4pm. Everyone leaves the ASPOR at around 11am. While the first group is taking off, the others wait for their flight in front of the airport, where it is cooler than … Continue reading
Monday 24th November, from the APSOR in Sorong. Today we have to clean up the Zodiac dinghies, prepare equipment checklists for each box and load the two containers. One will be sent to Montpellier and the other one to Jakarta. Once this work is done, a group leaves to go into town for grocery shopping, and also stops in a … Continue reading
Sunday 23rd November, from the APSOR in Sorong. The days consists in unloading the dhow, as well as cleaning, sorting out and putting away the equipment. A few more efforts and quite a lot of sweat, but the return is fast-approaching. (translated by Lara Denis, L2 SVC–Life & Earth Sciences–UM2, France)