Entering our ship Professor Kromov (Spirit of Enderby), a former Russian research ship
Bag pipers from the (former ?) RSA Taieri Pipe Band, founded 1908, saluting our departure
Bag pipers
Departure from Dunedin, accompanied by bag pipes
Camilla on our way out to the sea
Leaving main land for 11 days at sea
Albatross at sunset
Approaching Snares Islands in the morning
Zodiak cruise at Snares Islands
Olle running the Zodiak at Snares Islands
Zodiak cruise at Snares Islands. Too much waves on western parts, so we kept to the eastern part of the islands
Seaweed at Snares Islands
Snares penguin, endemic to Snares Islands
Entering our ship
Our captain Dimitri Zinchenko, three decades in Antarctica, and our expedition leader Rodney Russ (founder of Heritage Expeditions and previously NZ Wildlife Service)
Wandering Albatross
Salvin's Albatross
Endless fields of Bulbinella Rossii at Enderby Island (Auckland Islands)
Fields of megaherbs (Bulbinella rossii = Ross Lily and Anisotome latifolia = Campbell Island Carrot) at Enderby Island
Bulbinella rossii (Ross Lily)
Campbell Island Carrot and the cliffs at Enderby Island
Gentianella cerina with large flowers
Gentianella cerina
Auckland Island Flightless Teal, endemic, at Enderby Island (no longer present at other Auckland Islands due to pigs and cats).
Auckland Island Flightless Teal
New Zealand (Hooker's) Sea Lion, high up in the grass
New Zealand (Hooker's) Sea Lion
Auckland Island Shag
Auckland Island shags, fetching grass to their nest
Auckland Island Shag fetching grass to the nest
Macquarie Island Cabbage (Stilbocarpa polaris) at Enderby Island
Macquarie Island Cabbage at Enderby Island. The dense Rata forest behind.
Red-billed gulls
Red-billed gull
Yellow-eyed penguin at Enderby Island
Yellow-eyed penguin at Enderby Island, on his way from the sea to the nest in the Rata forest
Yellow-eyed penguin (endemic to NZ and mainly to Auckland and Campbell Islands) at Enderby Island
Kelp gull and sea lion having a dispute
Red-crowned Parakeet at Enderby Island
Auckland Island Tomtit at Enderby Island
Subantarctic (Brown) Skua having a photo taken on the ship
OK result, the Subantarctic (Brown) Skua admits
Entering Carnley Harbour at the southern part of Auckland Islands
White-capped Albatross at South West Cape, Auckland Islands
White-capped Albatross
Difficult to pass the slope, and muddy under the vegetation
Adam enjoying the view towards Carnley Harbour and Adams Island
View towards Carnley Harbour and Adams Island
The bridge
Leaving Auckland Islands
Cape Petrel
Albatross watching for fish
Crowd of albatrosses and petrels
Gathering on the water, white-capped Albatrosses
White-capped Albatrosses in pair flight
Waves
Waves (but no hard weather on our trip)
Rolling, 30 degrees towards each side
26 degrees inclination, difficult to move on the ship
Keeping track of people ashore
Elephant seal kids welcoming us to Macquarie Island (Australia)
A group of King Penguins taking no notice of our arrival
King penguins at Sandy Bay, Macquarie Island
Sandy Bay, Macquarie Island
King penguins at the creek of Sandy Bay, Macquarie Island
Elephant seals and penguins at Sandy Bay
Crowded at Sandy Bay
King penguins walking on Sandy Bay
Quarrel
Elephant seal at Sandy Bay, Macquarie Island
Sandy Bay, Macquarie Island. The penguins have their nest further up the creek
Royal penguins coming from their nests further up, on their way to the sea
First up from the water
Royal penguins coming from the water
Royal penguins having a rest
Royal penguins
Royal penguins in a hurry
Keep to the right, meeting between Royals and King
Mats and Royal penguins
Interesting with boots
Royal penguins, having a kiss
Royal penguins with nice hair
Royal Penguin (Macaroni Schlegel Penguin) being curious
Royal penguin portrait
Royal penguin mouth
King penguins, navel-gazing
King penguins having a walk on Sandy Bay
King penguins coming from the water
King penguin walk
King penguin
King penguin changing feathers
King penguin portrait
King penguin colony at northern part of Sandy Bay
King penguin colony at northern part of Sandy Bay, Macquarie Island
King penguin colony
King penguin kids
King penguin kids, growing up and losing their brown feathers
King penguin kid growing up, losing his brown feathers
Father and son, or mother and daughter or something like that, King penguins
Subantarctic (Brown) Skuas, keeping the shore clean
Elephant seals, youngsters at Sandy Bay
Elephant seal, changing skin
Elephant seal
Young (around 5 weeks) elephant seal
Elephant seal putting on sun protection
Giant petrel
Rabbit, a threat to other wildlife, at Macquarie Island (waiting for the eradication program)
Macquarie Island research station (Australia)
Elephant seal guards on the road to Macquarie Island research station
Meteorological research at Macquarie Island research station
Bins for cooking seals
Steam digester for penguins, producing oil around year 1900
Manual for digesting cute penguins
Elephant seal serenade
Elephant seals and iceberg, seldomly coming so far north
Elephant seal youngsters
Elephant seal portrait
Young elephant seal portrait
Cute Elephant seal
Mats at Macquarie Island
Gentoo penguin
Gentoo penguin "statues", Macquarie Island
Gentoo penguin in the green vegetation
Gentoo penguin at the shore
Gentoo penguin with firm steps
Gentoo penguin portrait
Kelp gull
The shore at Macquarie Island research station
Rockhopper Penguin, Macquarie Island
Rodney driving the Zodiak from Macquarie Island
Our ship is waiting, the weather will be worse
Black-browed Albatross above the waves
Lecture concerning Campbell Island
Arriving at Perseverance Harbour in Campbell Island
Sea lion at the abandoned Beeman Cove station
A three kilometer built lane in the sensitive landscape, Campbell Island
Pleurophyllum speciosum (Campbell Island Daisy), one of the megaherbs (large herbs compared to other subantarctic species)
"To be determined"
Southern Royal Albatross in the tussock grass at Campbell Island
Southern Royal Albatross
Campbell Island Pipit
Sea Lion, being angry
One sunny day at Campbell Island, leaving the ship for a walk
Climbing Mt Honey at Campbell Island
Ranunculus pinguis ?, Campbell Island
Rodney Russ, the expedition leader and NZ subantarctic expert, on top of Mt Honey (569 m), Campbell Island
Perseverance Harbour and Campbell Island from Mt Honey (569 m)
Pleurophyllum speciosum (Campbell Island Daisy), Campbell Island
Pleurophyllum speciosum (Campbell Island Daisy), the first flowers in the spring
Pleurophyllum speciosum (Campbell Island Daisy) at Campbell Island
Pleurophyllum speciosum (Campbell Island Daisy) on the slopes of Mt Honey, Campbell Island
Hebe Benthamii at Campbell Island
Southern Royal Albatross at the slope of Mt Honey, Campbell Island
Southern Royal Albatross, Campbell Island
Bulbinella fields at the slope of Mt Honey, Campbell Island
Bulbinella fields at Campbell Island
Bulbinella fields at Campbell Island, Mt Honey in the middle
Bulbinella Rossii (Ross Lily)
Campbell Island Carrot, Anisotome latifolia
The megaherb Campbell Island Carrot, Anisotome latifolia
Killer whale (Orca)
Cape Petrel outside Cossack Rock, Campbell Island
Giant Petrel
Southern Royal Albatross and Giant Petrel
Southern Royal Albatross and North Cape, Campbell Island
Black-browed (Campbell) Albatross
Black-browed (Campbell) Albatross and Cape Petrels
Black-browed (Campbell) Albatross and Cape Petrel
Black-browed (Campbell) Albatrosses
Black-browed (Campbell) Albatross followed by Cape Petrels
Black-browed (Campbell) Albatrosses and Cape petrels
Black-browed (Campbell) Albatross, seems to have lost the speed, and we arrive in Bluff after 1.5 days at sea from Campbell Island ending our sea journey
