For three decades I have worked on the remote islands of the Central Pacific - many of them uninhabited and more like desert islands than most people realize. In these six pages you will find the people & places I love.

Landing on McKean Atoll, Phoenix Isalnds, showing a recent shipwreck on the other side of the island

Campsite on Rawaki Atoll, Phoenix Islands World Heritage Site. No trees for shade on this island

Landing on remote atolls takes the right equipment, a positive attitude & teamwork

1988-1998: SV Te Manu Matangi at uninhabited Oeno Atoll, Pitcairn Islands

2002-2012: MV Discovery at uninhabited Suwarrow National Park, Cook Islands

2013-2014: SV Investigator deployed UCSD Scripps argo buoys for over 10,000 km along the equator