The last post

In the end, the balance was for 55 samples from Portimão, adding up to 92 in total for this year. It was a marginal increase realtively to last year, but it has a sour taste of disappointament. Not that we didn't do all we could, but the exact opposite. Fieldseason 2009 finishes with the grimm feeling that we did all that we possibly could, but that it was still not enough. Now it's back to the lab to try and turn those little pieces of skin and blubber into science! As for now, I'll leave you here with some pictures of this year fieldseason.

"Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; the ocean is not silent. But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of the ocean."