Eia nā moʻolelo o kēlā me kēia lā i kākau ʻia e Dr. John Wise. Me kāna hui, ua huakaʻi ʻo Kauka Wise a puni ke Kaiwa o Kaleponi no ka ʻimi ʻana i nā koholā. Na Dr. Wise e holo i ka The Wise Laboratory of Environmental & Genetic Toxicology. ʻO kēia ka ʻāpana ʻelua o ka moʻo.

Day 9
ʻO ka mea kupaianaha, ua ʻike ʻia ka koholā kakahiaka o kēia lā a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ka hola 8 am, a he lā maʻamau ia o kā mākou hana biopsy. ʻO ka hope naʻe, he lā ʻokoʻa loa ia. Hele mai ʻo Mark i ka hale lole a kāhea iā Johnny ma kahi o ka hola 4. ʻAe, ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo kā mākou koholā ahiahi. "Make i mua" ka leo. Koe, ʻaʻohe o mākou mau koholā ahiahi. He 25 a ʻoi aku paha nā koholā hope! Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia mākou i kēia manawa he 36 koholā mai nā ʻano ʻehā i kēia huakaʻi. Ua maikaʻi nā mea a pau iā mākou ma ke Kai o Cortez. Aia mākou i ka heleuma ma Bahia Willard. Aia mākou ma kahi kokoke i kahi o nā ʻōpala o nā koholā no laila ʻapōpō e hoʻomaka hou mākou i ka wanaʻao.

Day 10
I ka wanaʻao, ʻike mākou i kā mākou koholā mua a hoʻomaka hou ka hana
I loko o nā hola ʻelima a ʻoi aʻe paha, ua hana mākou i kā mākou hana a me kēia puʻupuʻu koholā, ʻoiai ua luhi mākou i nā koholā i ka lā ma mua.
No kēia lā ua hiki iā mākou ke hōʻiliʻili i nā biopsies mai nā koholā ʻē aʻe 8, e lawe ana i kā mākou huina no ka wāwae i 44. ʻOiai, i ka manawa like, kaumaha mākou i ka ʻike ʻana i ka pau ʻana o kēia wāwae no Johnny lāua ʻo Rachel e haʻalele iā mākou e hoʻi i kula. He hoʻokolohua ʻo Rachel ma ka Pōʻakahi a pono ʻo Johnny e hoʻopau i kāna Ph.D i loko o hoʻokahi makahiki, he nui kāna e hana ai.

Nā lā 11 & 12
Ua loaʻa iā mākou ka lā 11 ma ke awa ma San Felipe e kali ana i ka hōʻea ʻana mai o James lāua ʻo Sean i ka lā 12. ʻO ka mea hope loa, ʻo ka hana nui loa o ka lā ʻo ka nānā ʻana iā Mark lāua ʻo Rachel e loaʻa i nā peʻa henna ma ko lāua mau lima mai kahi mea kūʻai alanui, ʻo ia, a nānā paha iā Rick. e hoʻolimalima i ka waʻa no ka holo ʻana i kahi mākaʻikaʻi waʻa Sea Shepherd, akā ʻike ʻia kēlā waʻa i ka manawa like e huki ana i kahi waʻa inflatable piha i nā mākaʻikaʻi ma laila a hoʻi! Ma hope mai, ua ʻaina ahiahi mākou me nā kānaka ʻepekema e aʻo ana i ka vaquita a me nā kohola nuku a maikaʻi loa ka ʻaina ahiahi.

Ua hiki mai ke kakahiaka, a hui hou mākou me nā ʻepekema no ka ʻaina kakahiaka ma luna o ka Narval, he waʻa na ka Museo de Ballenas, a ua kūkākūkā hou i nā papahana. Ma ke awakea, hōʻea ʻo James lāua ʻo Sean, a ʻo ia ka manawa e haʻi aku ai iā Johnny lāua ʻo Rachel, a e hoʻokipa iā Sean ma luna o ka moku. Ua hiki mai ka hola ʻelua a ua hoʻomaka hou mākou. Hoʻohālike kekahi o nā pua i kā mākou kohola 45 o kēia wāwae. ʻO ia wale nō ka koholā a mākou i ʻike ai i kēia lā.

Day 13
I kekahi manawa, nīnau ʻia au i ka mea paʻakikī loa. ʻO ka hope loa, ʻaʻohe kohola 'maʻalahi' e biopsy, hoʻopuka kēlā me kēia i kā lākou mau pilikia a me nā hoʻolālā.
Ke hana maikaʻi nei mākou ma ia mea ʻoiai ua hōʻike mākou i nā kohola he 51 me ka 6 a mākou i hoʻohālike i kēia lā. Ua maikaʻi nā mea a pau iā mākou ma ke Kai o Cortez. Aia mākou i ka heleuma ma Puerto Refugio. Hoʻoulu hou ʻia mākou ma hope o kahi huakaʻi mokupuni mamao.

Day 14
Auē, pono e hiki koke a ma hope paha - he lā me ke koholā ʻole. ʻO ka mea maʻamau, he nui nā lā ʻaʻohe koholā ma muli o ke aniau, a ʻoiaʻiʻo, no ka neʻe ʻana o nā koholā i loko a i waho o ia wahi. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua laki mākou i ka wāwae mua no ka mālie o ke kai, a ua nui nā koholā. I kēia lā wale nō, a no kekahi mau mea hou aʻe, ua huli iki ka ʻino.

Day 15
Mahalo mau wau i nā koholā hope. Hana ʻia no ka wikiwiki, loaʻa iā lākou nā kino ʻōniʻoniʻo i ʻeleʻele-hina ma luna a keʻokeʻo ma lalo. ʻO ia ka lua o nā holoholona nui ma ka honua ma hope o kona hoahānau ʻo ke koholā uliuli. Ma kēia huakaʻi, ua ʻike mākou i nā koholā he nui a ʻaʻohe mea ʻokoʻa i kēia lā. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia mākou i ʻekolu i kēia kakahiaka a ua hōʻike mākou i kēia manawa he 54 mau koholā, a ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou he mau kohola hope. Ua paʻi hou ka makani iā ​​mākou i ka manawa ʻaina awakea, ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike hou i nā koholā.

Day 16
I kēia manawa, loaʻa iā mākou kā mākou biopsy mua o ka lā. I ke aumoe, ʻike mākou i ka nui o nā koholā pailaka! ʻO nā kohola ʻeleʻele me nā peʻa hope koʻikoʻi, akā 'pōkole' (i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ko lākou mau hoahānau loloa ma ka ʻAkelanika), ua hoʻokokoke ka pod i ka waʻa. Piʻi a iho nā koholā i loko o ka wai i ka waʻa. Aia lākou ma nā wahi a pau. He ea hou ka hana hou ʻana i nā koholā ma hope o ka nui o nā wahi makani a me nā koholā ʻole. ʻApōpō, aia kekahi pilikia makani no laila e ʻike kākou. He 60 kohola ka huina me 6 i hoʻokohu ʻia i kēia lā.

Day 17
ʻO ka haʻalulu a kaʻa ʻana me nā nalu i ka ʻauinalā, ua ʻike ʻia mākou ua ʻeha a ʻeha, a hana wale i ʻelua mau knots a me ka hola i loko o ka moku, i ka manawa maʻamau mākou e hana maʻalahi i ka 6-8. Ma kēia ʻano wikiwiki ʻaʻole mākou e hele wikiwiki i ko mākou pilikia, no laila ua huki ʻo Kāpena Fanch iā mākou i loko o kahi lua i pale ʻia no ke ahiahi e kali i ka pōʻino loa. He 61 kohola ka huina me 1 i hoʻohālike ʻia i kēia lā.

Day 18
ʻApōpō, hiki mākou i La Paz. Hōʻike ʻia nā hōʻike ʻana i ke aniau he ʻino mau no ka hopena pule no laila e noho mākou ma ke awa, a ʻaʻole au e kākau hou a hiki i ko mākou hoʻomaka ʻana i ka Pōʻakahi. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā mea a pau he 62 mau koholā i hōʻike ʻia i kēia lā.

Day 21
Hoʻopaʻa ʻia mākou ma ke awa no ka nui o nā lā 19 a me nā lā a pau 20. ʻO ka hakakā ʻana i ka lā, ka makani a me nā nalu no nā lā he nui ua luhi mākou, no laila ʻo ka hapa nui o mākou e kau mālie ana i ka malu. Ua haʻalele mākou ma mua o ka wanaʻao i kēia lā, a i ka nānā ʻana i ka papahana, ua ʻike mākou ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hana, akā no kekahi mau hola o ka lā ʻapōpō. Ke makemake nui nei ka hui kahuhipa e holo i ka ʻākau i Ensenada no kā lākou hana hou aʻe, a no laila, i kēia lā, ʻo ia ko mākou lā hope loa ma ka wai.

Mahalo wau iā Sea Shepherd no ka hoʻokipa ʻana iā mākou a me Kāpena Fanch, Mike, Carolina, Sheila a me Nathan no ko lākou ʻano ʻoluʻolu a kākoʻo. Mahalo wau iā Jorge, Carlos a me Andrea no ka hui pū ʻana a me ka hui pū ʻana i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā laʻana. Mahalo wau i ka hui Wise Lab: Johnny, Rick, Mark, Rachel, Sean, a me James no kā lākou hana nui a me kā lākou kākoʻo i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā laʻana, hoʻouna ʻana i nā leka uila, hoʻouna ʻana ma ka pūnaewele, etc. ʻAʻole maʻalahi kēia hana a kōkua ia e loaʻa nā kānaka hoʻolaʻa. ʻO ka hope, mahalo wau i ko mākou poʻe ma ka home e mālama ana i nā mea āpau i ko mākou ola maʻamau ʻoiai mākou e haʻalele nei. Manaʻo wau ua hauʻoli ʻoe i ka hahai ʻana. ʻIke wau ua hauʻoli wau i ka haʻi ʻana iā ʻoe i kā mākou moʻolelo. Makemake mau mākou i ke kōkua kālā i kā mākou hana, no laila e ʻoluʻolu e noʻonoʻo i kahi hāʻawi ʻauhau hiki ke unuhi ʻia o kēlā me kēia kālā, hiki iā ʻoe ke hana ma kā mākou pūnaewele: https://oceanfdn.org/donate/wise-laboratory-field-research-program. He 63 mau koholā mai ʻaneʻi mai mākou e kālailai ai.


No ka heluhelu ʻana i nā moʻolelo piha a Kauka Wise a i ʻole e heluhelu e pili ana i kāna mau hana, e kipa mai ʻO ka pūnaewele Wise Laboratory.