At 2pm on 8 November, the team on board the Braveheart hauled up the anchor and began the journey home. They left Raoul Island with a dolphin escort on the bow.
Raoul Island
Unfortunately, all great expeditions come to an end. Today is the start of the end for us. The day we leave Raoul Island and make for Tauranga. The day dawned with blue skies and strong winds from the southwest. With ► Read More…
Early this morning the inhabitants of the Braveheart woke to the rocking and rolling of the ocean, and the ship was forced to move from Boat Cove on the south east coast of Raoul Island. A nearby weather system developed ► Read More…
Our blogs over the last couple of weeks have highlighted some of the weird and wonderful fish that have been seen during our surveys. For some of these species, this is the first time ever that they have been recorded ► Read More…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Here is the most recent map of the progress of whales on The Great Humpback Whale Trail. As you can see, many of the whales are now well on their way to their Antarctic feeding grounds. We received data from ► Read More…
This is the seabird team’s final blog from Raoul Island. It was back in May when Rochelle said it looked like the whole whale expedition idea was going to happen and there would be a ‘taxi ride’ to do seabird ► Read More…
