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Captain’s Blog – Three beautiful dives on pristine coral reef – Clipperton – 10th April 2011

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive
Post date 2011-04-11
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By Nautilus Staff on April 11th, 2011 in Archive

7am – up early and there it was – Clipperton on the horizon – the edge of the circular atoll a wider expanse than expected between the groups of coconut palms – by 8 am we were there escorted by schools of dolphins and diving Boobies! (It is lucky to get pooped on by […]

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Leaving a time capsule behind on Clipperton Island

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Captain Mike
Post date 2007-04-22

By Nautilus Staff on April 22nd, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike

None of us are ever going to forget the 1/2 million booby birds (and their incredibly cute chicks) that we saw, the 5 million bright orange land crabs, the amazing number of moray eels and their bizarre behaviour, the thick “clouds” of black and big-eye jacks, heavy schools of black triggerfish and rainbow runners, the endemic iridescent blue Clipperton angelfish and the coconut groves, white sand beaches and beautiful setting.