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Chapter 10. Campbell Island

Our trip to this southernmost of the SubAntarctic Islands took two
nights and a day and we were probably making between 10-15
knots most of the way. We did have some choppy seas and were

advised to “keep one hand for the ship” as a safety measure.
Since the daylight hours were spent in lectures with some breaks

for resting in the cabin, we also found it a challenge to remain still
and comfortable in bed reading. However, we were never seasick

or anxious about the sea conditions. As a matter of fact, our ship’s
crew and naturalists kept telling us how lucky we have been with

the weather throughout the trip and we believed them, filled with
hope that this luck would continue. Meanwhile, outside on deck
the temperatures were in the 50s but the wind chill did make that

feel a bit more biting.

The Campbells are one of the five groups of uninhabited islands
known as the New Zealand SubAntarctic Islands. No two of them

are the same geologically or biologically. Campbell Island is the

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