Photo: Turney, Palme

A Sitka spruce, non-native to the Southern Hemisphere, grows on subantarctic Campbell Island. It was planted at the start of the 20th century.

Source: The World’s Loneliest Tree Holds Court on a New Zealand Island

If you are looking for adventure, exploration, and candid wildlife encounters, seek out some of most inhospitable places on the planet.

Source: Cruising New Zealand’s subantarctic islands: Where the wild things are

An essay by Matt Vance in response to a monumental study of one of the world’s great birdlands – the bleak, uninhabited, and spectacular Auckland Islands.

Source: To see the albatross is to belong to a higher cult of mortals

Join Rand Rudland at the Sunshine Coast Natural History Society meeting on Friday, March 6 for an illustrated presentation that will take you to the Southern Ocean in the Roaring Forties and Furious Fifties.

Source: Explore New Zealand’s Subantarctic Islands

If you love birds and crazy weather, you’ve come to the right place!

Source: Campbell Island is my happy place

One of the most diverse and biologically rich places in the Southern Ocean, it’s a place that will blow your mind every moment of the day.

Source: Auckland Islands: Visiting one of the last protected wilderness areas on earth

New Zealand – New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands

If you want the complete Kiwi experience, then don’t leave out these 4 New Zealand Islands on your itinerary!

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New Zealand – New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands

On New Zealand’s Campbell Island near Antarctica, some plants grow surprisingly large despite the inhospitable conditions. We may finally know how they do it.

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