During one day of operations at French Frigate Shoals we were lucky enough to take a quick trip to Tern Island. It is always nice to get off of the ship for a bit. This island is pretty much a sandy strip with a runway and a TON of birds, and a few scientists staying on to study them, and the turtles. They were very loud and all over the place. Not my idea of a good time but they had a pretty sweet ping pong table and it seemed like a pretty peaceful way to live, if you can get over the constant bird noises close calls with them flying all over. I'll stick to the Hi'ialakai myself!