Note: In 2007–2008, the author was the principal investigator for an NSF-funded study of Taumako voyaging. This incident occurred toward the end of 2008.   Waves were breaking over the gunwales of our dugout canoes. We were tired and preparing to call it a night. Luck had not been on our side.  I’d spent seven … Continue reading Perils of Subsistence on a South Sea Island