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Nau mai, hoki mai! Welcome back to our BLAKE Expeditions group!
Photo taken just before docking into Bluff yesterday, with Commanding Officer Bronwyn Heslop.
13 days aboard HMNZS Canterbury, exploring the subantarctic's wild and unique landscapes while assisting scientists with critical climate change research.
We can't wait to hear the first hand accounts!
GNS Science
University of Otago
NZ Defence Force
The University of Waikato
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Caitlin Berquist has come a long way since a childhood spent wandering the beaches of Whakatāne and contemplating why the dune erosion was seemingly speeding up, and the landscape looked different after every storm.
The 21-year-old University of Waikato student and former Whakatāne High School student has now completed her University of Waikato BLAKE Antartica Ambassadorship, where she had a profound realisation of how she could be a part of the quest to understand Earth's processes in vital climate change research.
“Looking down from that helicopter flight at the Taylor Valley surrounds was possibly my favorite memory. I think it was when I began to realize the enormity of what I was getting myself into, picturing the weeks ahead where this would be my life,” she recalls.
Read the full story below 👇
www.blakenz.org/2025/03/05/14782/
The University of Waikato
Antarctica New Zealand
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Our BLAKE Expeditioners have made it back to Maungahuka Auckland Islands, and are soaking up the beautiful Subantarctic scenery before they start the journey back to Bluff.
Nature's diversity is on full display here - the team is discovering a completely different world of flora and fauna compared to Campbell Island! 🌿🐦
Swipe to see our adventurers making their way to shore and Josh's stunning wildlife captures that truly speak for themselves.
Can't wait to hear all the stories once the team is back in range⛴️
NZ Defence Force
GNS Science
The University of Waikato
@joshchaps_snaps
University of Otago
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