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Island of the lost : an extraordinary story of survival at the edge of the world

Description: "It is 1864, and Captain Thomas Musgrave?s schooner, the Grafton, has just wrecked on Auckland Island, a forbidding piece of land 285 miles south of New Zealand. Battered by year-round freezing rain and constant winds, it is one of the most inhospitable places on earth. To be shipwrecked there means almost certain death.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "It is 1864, and Captain Thomas Musgrave?s schooner, the Grafton, has just wrecked on Auckland Island, a forbidding piece of land 285 miles south of New Zealand. Battered by…
The Auckland Islands : a short account of their climate, soil, & productions ; and the advantages of establishing there a settlement at Port Ross for carrying on the southern whale fisheries

Description: "Extracts from accounts of earlier visitors, notably Morrell Holmes of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, D'Urville, Sir J.C. Ross and others. Plans of Southern Whale Fishery Company for settlements of Islands and their development as a base"--Bagnall 1815.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "Extracts from accounts of earlier visitors, notably Morrell Holmes of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, D'Urville, Sir J.C. Ross and others. Plans of Southern Whale Fishery…
Wrecked on a reef, or, Twenty months in the Auckland Isles

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE
Die Forschungsreise S.M.S. "Gazelle" in den Jahren 1874 bis 1876 : unter Kommando des Kapitän zur See Freiherrn von Schleinitz

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE
Wake of the Invercauld : shipwrecked in the sub-Antarctic : a great-granddaughter's pilgrimage

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE
'St Michael' goes south : a 31 foot motor-sailer in support of the 1972/73 Auckland Islands Scientific Expedition

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE
Rangitoto Volcanic Explorer Summit Safari adult return ferry ticket

Description: Rangitoto Volcanic Explorer Summit Safari adult return ferry ticket no. 4016, stamped 10 March 1996. There are three options for this voyage A, B or C - B has been circled in red pen. This ticket is printed as a sticker, with a smaller elliptical portion of the ticket (with date stamp) being removable, to be stuck on passenger's clothing.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Rangitoto Volcanic Explorer Summit Safari adult return ferry ticket no. 4016, stamped 10 March 1996. There are three options for this voyage A, B or C - B has been circled in…
Far south : Stewart Island, The Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes and Bounty Islands : notes

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE
New Zealand's subantarctic islands

Description: "Explores the history, geology, climate, vegetation, land and sea animals, introduced species, soils and the plants that inhabit these islands. The subantarctic groups administered by the Department of Conservation, New Zealand are: the Antipodes Islands, the Bounty Islands, the Snares Islands, the Auckland Islands and Campbell Islands."--Back cover.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "Explores the history, geology, climate, vegetation, land and sea animals, introduced species, soils and the plants that inhabit these islands. The subantarctic groups…

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Island of the lost : an extraordinary story of survival at the edge of the world

The Auckland Islands : a short account of their climate, soil, & productions ; and the advantages of establishing there a settlement at Port Ross for carrying on the southern whale fisheries

Wrecked on a reef, or, Twenty months in the Auckland Isles

Die Forschungsreise S.M.S. "Gazelle" in den Jahren 1874 bis 1876 : unter Kommando des Kapitän zur See Freiherrn von Schleinitz

Wake of the Invercauld : shipwrecked in the sub-Antarctic : a great-granddaughter's pilgrimage

'St Michael' goes south : a 31 foot motor-sailer in support of the 1972/73 Auckland Islands Scientific Expedition

Rangitoto Volcanic Explorer Summit Safari adult return ferry ticket

Far south : Stewart Island, The Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes and Bounty Islands : notes

New Zealand's subantarctic islands

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