with Zegrahm Expeditions, leaving in exactly one week. After traveling in polar regions for four-and-a-half months this year, this trip will feel like a tropical vacation! I’m looking forward to snorkeling on some of the most bio-diverse reef systems in the world.
Voyage map: Port Moresby to Rabaul.
Seismicity of the convergent tectonic setting (from USGS). Earthquake foci color coded red (shallow) to yellow (deep).
Microplates in convergent boundary between Australian and Pacific Plates. From Holm, RJ et al., 2016, Post 8 Ma reconstruction of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands: Earth-Science Reviews.