The 1908 Kermadec Islands expedition was a research expedition undertaken between December 1907 and November 1908 to investigate the biodiversity of the Kermadec Islands.[1][2][3][4]
1908 Kermadec Islands expedition | |
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| Start | December 1907  |
| End | November 1908 |
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Purpose
editThis expedition sought to study the biology, geology and meteorology of the Islands.[5][6]
Participants
edit- Walter Oliver, leader, botany and geology[5][6]
- C. E. Warden, meteorology[6]
- S. R. Oliver, botany and geology[6]
- T. Iredale, birds and shells[6]
- W. L. Wallace, entomology[6]
Itinerary
editThe party sailed on the Hinemoa from Auckland on 28 December 1907 to the Kermadec Islands where they intended staying for 12 months.[7] The researchers were picked up after 10 months, returning to Auckland on 16 November 1908.[8]
Results of research
editWalter Oliver described the physical features and structure of the islands in a presentation and paper (5911 words) to the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury on 19 October 1910.[9][10]
Tom Iredale summarised the bird life and marine mollusca of the Kermadec Islands to the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1910.[11][12]
References
edit- ^ "Scientific excursion". Bay of Plenty Times. Vol. XXXVI, no. 5147. 27 December 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ Tom Iredale (1 July 1910). "Bird life on the Kermadec Islands". Emu. 10 (1): 2–16. doi:10.1071/MU910002. ISSN 0158-4197. Wikidata Q125502465.
- ^ Keith Arthur John Wise (1972). "Neuroptera of the Kermadec Islands". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 9: 269–272. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906185. Wikidata Q58676929.
- ^ "The Kermadec Islands". Wanganui Herald. Vol. XXXXI, no. 12356. 28 December 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ a b Nathan, Simon. "1908 expedition". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "The Kermadec Expedition". Inangahua Times. 17 November 1908. p. 4. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "The Kermadec Islands". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Unsuccessful Search for the Loch Lomond". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "The Geology of the Kermadec Islands". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ Oliver, W. Reginald B. (1910). "The Geology of the Kermadec Islands". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 43: 524.
- ^ "Bird-life on the Kermadec Islands". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ Iredale, Tom (1910). "Bird-life on the Kermadec Islands". TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND. 43: 56.