Getting to Antipodes
blogThere have been several work trips to the Antipodes in preparation for the mouse eradication. And this is how they got there…
Getting there is not easy. It takes days crossing some fairly treacherous seas.
Evohe approaching land. Photo by S.Horn
Tiama out in the ocean. Photo by J.Russell
HMNZS Wellington ready to go.
Antipodes Islands are small specks of land in a vast ocean.
HMNZS Wellington at Antipodes. Photo by S.Horn
Inside the Evohe cabin. Photo by M.Bartlett
Tiama arriving at Antipodes. Photo by J.Russell
It is 750km east of New Zealand mainland. But you never travel there in a straight line!
Once the team have got to the island then they need to get ashore. Then the work begins…
Hear more from the Tiama expedition
Landing August 2014
Evohe. Photo by M.Bartlett
Evohe approaching Antipodes. Photo by S.Horn
See more about the 2013 winter research trip
Read more about the 2013 research