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 -…
Macquarie Island – Lusitania Bay
54° 42' 00" S , 158° 54' 00" E People have mixed reactions to waking up early this morning. I'm not usually a morning person, but this all goes out…
Macquarie Island – Sandy Bay Revisited
54° 30′ S, 158° 57′ E We hadn’t managed to see everything at Sandy Bay this morning. I don’t remember eating lunch (much like breakfast, too excited), but I’m…
Macquarie Island – Sandy Bay
54° 30' S 158° 57' E The excitement has built and built. Maybe it’s because I’m surrounded by Australians (I'm looking at you, Dave, Henry, and Liz!). The day at…
At sea – En route to Macquarie Island
50°39’ S 166°10’ E - 54°30' S, 158°57' E Being at sea rapidly becomes my favourite time on board the ship. Of course this is mostly due to good weather allowing…
Musgrave Inlet
50°39'S 166°10'E The next morning feels a little surreal. Maybe it’s the weather - overcast with bright rays of sunlight in the distance, or maybe it’s my sea-sickness medication. Either…
Enderby Island
50° 31'S 166° 17'E Christmas morning dawns and we are at anchor in Port Ross, just off of Enderby Island. Enderby is the northernmost island in the Auckland group, and is…
The Snares
48°01′S 166°32′E The sky is thick with birds. My first sighting of the Snares was at roughly 6am on Christmas Eve, and in the wind-tossed grey blue of morning I…
White-capped Albatross/Mollymawk off Auckland Island. I spent a lot of time on deck photographing seabirds. It's quite possibly my favourite activity, enhanced by having a few very calm days at sea, and a great group of people yelling out identifications and pointing cameras in every direction. Go Team Bird!
Subantarctic Adventure – I’m back!
It’s hard to find words to describe what the last three weeks have been like. Amazing is one. Awesome. Fantastic. Wonderful. Inspiring. Unreal. Taking to the southern ocean to explore…
2015- SOUTH
Sub-Antarctic Adventure!
I have some exciting news that I’ve been sitting on for a while. From the 22nd of December until the 12th of January, I’ll be off on an adventure to…