Today we have decided to tackle all of the remaining trap lines near the five fingers peninsula. My trap line runs along the coastline of five fingers, and we have an early start to make sure we catch low tide. I continue to be shocked by the variation in the...
I’ve begun to hate the sound of the generator starting up, which demands my consciousness early in the morning. On this day though, the fourth day, I’m practically leaping out of bed with anticipation. A helicopter has been scheduled – unfortunately on the first...
The third day brings more rain and I have been assigned “dinghy duty”. This entails a dinghy with three people rebaiting coastal traps – a driver and two trappers are leapfrogged from one trap to the next along the coastline. Our task is to cover as much of Long...
Dusky Sound itself is one of the largest in Fiordland, 40km in length and eight kilometres wide at its widest point. The coastline is unique and unspoiled, with dramatic, breath taking views of rugged coastlines, fiords and snow-capped mountains. The steep terrain...
Each year, the Sir Peter Blake Trust awards scholarships to a group of young, aspiring scientists and conservationists, who are each paired up with a partnering organisation and given the opportunity to take part in various work programmes around New Zealand and...
