by Audrey Benedict | Apr 30, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard # 33: Gray-headed & Southern Royal Albatrosses One of the highlights of hiking up through the grass tussocks on Campbell Island, was spotting a gray-headed albatross just settling into a mixed species colony near some southern royal albatrosses. With its...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 29, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #32: Albatrosses—Ocean Spirits I feel I have joined a higher order of mortal,having seen the albatross. Robert Cushman Murphy, author, Guide to Oceanic Birds, 1940 We spent six magical weeks aboard the Spirit of Enderby exploring the seemingly...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 28, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #32: Introducing the Galápagos of the Subantarctic To explore the magnificent ocean realm of New Zealand’s Subantarctic Islands, we must leave typical cruise routes far behind us. In December of 2006, snug aboard our 48-passenger, ice-strengthened and...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 27, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #30: Twilight at Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile) Ancient Polynesians lacked compasses, writing and metal tools, but they were masters of sailing canoe technology and their navigational skills were unsurpassed. By about A.D. 1200, the prehistoric Polynesian’s...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 26, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #29: Rock-boring Sea Urchins (Easter Island, Chile) I benefitted from lessons learned growing up in a family of sharp-eyed observers of the natural world. One of the secrets to being a good naturalist, is to be a good observer—continually honing your ability...
