Trip Log: Hardwicke – The Enderby Settlement
50° 53' S 166° 21' E Hardwicke - the Enderby Settlement - lasted for just over two years from December 1849 until May 1852. Envisaged as a thriving centre for whaling…
Trip Log: Enderby Island
50° 31’S 166° 17’E Enderby and excitement go together. It was a treasure to spend Christmas day here, and now we're back for another go. I can't wait to show Dad…
New Zealand Geographic Young Photographer of the Year 2014
Shared Adventures. Precious Memories.
Being mired in the demands of exams, Edin invited me to author a guest post for her blog this week. It is an opportunity I am privileged to accept as…
Trip Log: Seabirds and the Snares
48°01′S 166°32′E Going over the last trip reports, I discovered that my post on the Snares was over 1100 words - that's a monster blog! To make up for the…
Trip Log: Southbound again
46°48'23.0"S 167°15’42.8"E I’m exhausted. A brief foray back into the ‘real world’ on dry land has left me feeling lost. But now, breathing in the biting air on the stern,…
Underwater at the Snares
While I didn't go underwater at the Snares, my GoPro did - tightly clenched in my fist. An underwater housing for my camera is big on the wish-list, but a…
Million Dollar Mouse – Antipodes Island mouse eradication!
Something very exciting is happening in New Zealand's sub-antarctic this winter. Something that has been a long time coming. Something that will bring us a step closer to an important…
Revisiting Antarctica
How I wish I meant literally. Although at this time of year it would be far less enjoyable! With the southern winter closing in and days getting shorter, I find…
Update: What’s next on the blog?
It has been a lot of fun sharing the first part of the subantarctic adventure I went on earlier this year. If you've missed any of the posts, you can…
Subantarctic New Zealand – Revisited!
Let's take a break from the trip logs. They've been great fun to put together, and I will get to the second trip later on. For today, though, I'm just…
At sea – bound for Bluff
52° 32′ 24″ S 169° 8′ 42″ E - 46° 35′ 30″ S 168° 20′ 0″ E Campbell Island is vanishing behind us. There are birds in our wake, skimming the rising swells. The cliffs of the eastern coast…
Campbell Island – Col Lyall Boardwalk
52° 32′ 24″ S 169° 8′ 42″ E Over breakfast on New Year's Day, I learn that last night the Southern Lights - the Aurora australis - lit up the…
Campbell Island
52° 32′ 24″S 169° 8′ 42″E It's New Year's Eve, and today I have a choice to make. Do I take the hike Alex describes as 'terrible, difficult, you will…
At sea – En route to Campbell Island
54° 29' 59" S 158° 56' 14" E - 52° 32′ 24″S 169° 8′ 42″E The water, the sky, the whole world is bright and clear. Calm seas soothe our…
Macquarie Island – Isthmus
54° 29' 59" S 158° 56' 14" E We appear to have lost Macquarie Island. We know where it is - just a little to the west of us -…