Tom Iredale wrote of the 1908 Raoul scientific expedition’s indebtedness to the Bell family in his 1910 paper in particular the sons: “who whole-heartedly put themselves at our service, and it is due to their knowledge of avifauna of their

While the expedition team has been active at sea – great to see the results coming through – those of us on shore have been entertained daily and nightly by the whale action offshore. We can see and hear them

Welcome back to Raoul! Today we encountered many more humpbacks than our previous days here, and by far the most sociable and boisterous whales we’ve yet seen. Most of our whales during the last few days have been shy and

Another productive day at the Kermadecs. Literally four seasons in one day (Kermadec style) led to a complete wardrobe change at lunch time for the two boat teams into our winter woollies, including Richie who changed into his dry suit