Wednesday 15th October and the team has got bigger. Thirteen Indonesian colleagues joined us today, four of whom are women! Thanks to them, the number of women in the group has increased dramatically, going from 6 to 13%.

What with finishing the loading of the Airaha 2 and the dhow, we had a very busy day indeed. This time the loading was done using one of the zodiacs. There was a lot of going back and forth as well as a lot of elbow grease to get everything on board. This evening our hard workers are tired.

Loading the dhow – Copyright: S. Quérouil / IRD

Yesterday the Mona Lisa film crew directed by Christine Tournadre joined us. Each cameraman will follow one of the teams on the expedition in order to make four theme-based documentaries.

The film crew, without Christine! – Copyright: S. Quérouil / IRD

(translated by L2 SVC students–Life & Earth Sciences–group C2, UM2, France)