Daily Expedition Reports
13 Jan 2000

From the Sea Lion in the Sea of Cortez, 1/13/2000, National Geographic Sea Lion

Aboard the National Geographic Sea Lion
Baja California

ISLA SAN FRANCISCO, Baja California Sur, Mexico:

We traveled south with winds from the northwest, passing Isla San Jose along its western coast, trying to see the elusive green flash at sunrise over the waters of the Sea of Cortez, but it did not happen today. For morning hikes and kayaking, we went into the protected bay of Isla San Francisco. For lunch, we had a delicious buffet in the dining room (see picture).

After dinner our choices were to go to the beach to enjoy a bonfire under the stars, or to be surprised by the quantity of life forms collected from the sea surface with a plankton net, seen through a video-microscope and shown on a TV monitor.\

Article by

Octavio Maravilla, Naturalist

Octavio was born in Mexico City and moved to La Paz at age 19, to study Marine Biology at the Baja California Sur State University. He began his field research on California sea lions, working at Los Islotes, a small rookery close to La Paz City. Lat...

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