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Living World

Making whales

See whales up close and (very, very) personal—This may be the first footage ever recorded of southern right whales mating,...

History

The Victoria Tree

After the Grafton wrecked on Auckland Island, three men built and sailed a vessel to Stewart Island. Two men left...

History

Remember the dead

The cemetery at Enderby Island marks the location of the ill-fated settlement of Harwicke, started farm workers, shipwrights, a surgeon...

Travel & Adventure

Waterfront section

The western coast of Enderby Island cops the full fury of the Southern Ocean—swells that circle Antarctica more or less...

Living World

Chillax with the shags

Auckland Islands shags roost quietly on a rocky promontory in Port Ross. With a yellow accent on the beak, a...

Living World

Swim with sealions

Sealion pups play in the creek on Enderby Island. More than 300 pups are born on the island each year,...

Living World

Cruise the kelp

Bladder kelp, or rimurimu, sustains itself on sunlight, like plants on land. But it also provides habitat for other organisms,...

Living World

Roost in the colony

Yellow-eyed penguins, or hoiho, live around the Otago coast, Stewart Island, Campbell Island and also here at the Auckland Islands....

Science & Environment

Swim with a baby whale

Southern right whale calves are born right here at the Auckland Islands, during winter, and weigh in at a tonne...

Science & Environment

Process the blubber

Scientists gather the day’s samples in the cosy saloon of the expedition ship Evohe. Every sample tells a story, but...
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