We have been getting used to good weather – or at least weather that was conducive to fieldwork – almost 24 hours here at Raoul Island. The Braveheart crew have done a great job at facilitating our productivity by chasing ► Read More…
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Last night a great orange moon rose between Nugent rock and the Meyer Islands. What followed was a bright evening and a ‘Full moon celebration’ aboard the Braveheart. Kina, Tam and Lindsey from the Natural History New Zealand team also ► Read More…
With the invertebrate and fish distribution surveys largely completed, and the sea urchin video behaviour project underway, it was time to commence our biodiversity collections. The reasons for making these collections are two-fold. First, we know there are many species ► Read More…
We have only sporadic knowledge of how the Kermadec Islands marine environment varies with the seasons. Due to the logistic difficulties of getting to the islands and spending time here, expeditions typically only visit for a few weeks at a ► Read More…
After seven enjoyable but tiring days of the trip, Raoul Island treated us to calm seas and sunshine today. The sea was bluer and the colours of the underwater world brighter. Some of that brightness was also contributed by some ► Read More…
Photos from the Natural History New Zealand film crew.
Today was another great day. The highlight was diving on the south coast. This section of coast is so exposed that it is has rarely been dived, let alone surveyed. Fortunately for us, the weather and sea conditions continue to ► Read More…
Following a sunset on smooth seas, by 2am the wind had increased and shifted to the northeast causing the boat to buck on its anchor. Despite the inconvenient timing, Captain Matt decided it was time to move the Braveheart before ► Read More…
Today we had an amazing dive at North Meyer Island – we encountered lush meadows of brown and red alga with the occasional dash of florescent orange. The volume and extent of algae we observed today has not previously been ► Read More…
We woke to the nearby calls of boobies and ternlets hovering above the Braveheart. We left Macauley Island the previous evening and dropped anchor just after 6am and we’re now sitting alongside the Meyer Islands, just off the north coast ► Read More…
