1Jun 1, 2017
James Muir, who recently travelled to Antarctica with Heritage Expeditions, explains why it’s vital to protect the Southern Ocean from further exploitation with photos by Gavin Klee. Indefinitely wild, mysterious, and full of fascinating creatures, the Antarctic – and, in particular, its oceans – are the last great mystery. In February, I explored this wondrous […]
2Dec 21, 2015
Katrina Goddard, Forest & Bird’s Marine Advocate is exploring the sub-Antarctic Islands with Heritage Expeditions. This is her diary from day 4 of the trip. This mornings wake up was rather special. Rodney, our expedition leader, called through that we had made it into Carnley Harbour in the Auckland Islands and we were attempting to […]
3Dec 21, 2015
Katrina Goddard, Forest & Bird’s Marine Advocate is exploring the sub-Antarctic Islands with Heritage Expeditions. This is her diary from day 3 of the trip. We arrived at the Auckland Islands during the early hours after a fantastic sleep – what a spectacular view to wake up to. I was up at the crack of dawn watching […]
4Dec 17, 2015
Katrina Goddard, Forest & Bird’s Marine Advocate is exploring the sub-Antarctic Islands with Heritage Expeditions. This is her diary from day 2 of the trip. All I can say is that the taxi driver was right. Last night and most of today has been a ‘rolling goodtime’. However, I did manage to get a few […]
5Dec 16, 2015
My excitement has been building all week and when I woke this morning I could hardly contain myself as I am off on a once in a lifetime adventure to the Sub-Antarctic Islands – thanks to Heritage Expeditions. I am most excited about getting to the Auckland Islands to see the world rarest sea lion’s largest […]
6Jan 9, 2014
Rodney has finished his 6.45am on-ship briefing. I photograph his hand-drawn map of Enderby Island and kit up for the day; wash the gumboots in antibacterial solution, check velcro for stray seeds, put on a life-jacket, throw some woollies and lunch into a daypack and head for the gang-plank. I ask Sergey one of the […]