Mālō e lelei!

Helen Raitt (right, in white dress), waits for ship to dock in harbor on Christmas Eve, Nukualofa, Tonga

Local children swimming, Tonga

Core oceanographic instrument barrel shown with lead damaged due to salt water corrosion, retrieved from Tonga Trench

Coral and fish, near Falcon Island

Willard N. Bascom (left) and others in skiff returning from Keppel and Niuatoputapu Islands, Tonga

Walter H. Munk and Robert B. Livingston review the sandy ocean bottom of the Vava'u Islands, Tonga

Divers near the ocean floor off Vava'u Island, Tonga

Vava'u, Tonga

Coral and fish, near Falcon Island

Keppel Islands off Australia

Kao Island and stratovolcano, Tonga, as seen from R/V Spencer F. Baird

Skiff and native boat meet off Keppel Island