Hark! Hear the whales sing
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:03 am – Posted by Mandy | 4 Comments
Blogger: Karen Baird, Forest & Bird’s Kermadec Advocate
On Monday, we rolled into wind-lashed Raoul island – an anvil-shaped volcanic island at the northern edge of the Kermadec ridge.
The island has poor anchorage and setting foot on the island was further complicated by the fact our dinghy’s motor was now defunct .
Under the watchful gaze of three Galapagos sharks, we sent a flippered crew member ashore with a line, lowered our dinghy into the water, and used the line as a guide.
We then climbed into the mule (all terrain vehicle) and headed round to the DOC base on the north side of the island.