Sometimes things don’t always turn out as you’d expect. The weather has been better than we could have possibly hoped for. There have been fewer sharks and more whales than in previous years. We’ve found algae where we expected coral.

This morning the strong westerly winds that have been making work challenging for both the science and film teams finally turned to the south and began to drop. While sea conditions didn’t ease enough to allow sampling at the more

We have been getting used to good weather – or at least weather that was conducive to fieldwork – almost 24 hours here at Raoul Island.

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