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Classic South Island Snow Storm

Lewis Pass, New Zealand / June 2019 This season's winter has been particularly mild, but with a South Island snow storm on the way, we jumped on a plane bound for Christchurch, picked up a 4x4 and headed towards the Lewis Pass where we hunkered down ...

Ongoing earthquake swarm near White Island, NZ

A swarm of earthquakes near White Island, New Zealand started on May 23 and have continued for over a week. More than 400 earthquakes have been recorded with the largest magnitude of 3.9 recorded on May 25 at 18:16:14 UTC. Source: Geonet (more…)

Post Ambrym Eruption Expedition

Ambrym Island, Vanuatu / April 2019 As documented previously, unprecedented geological events unfolded on Ambrym Island in December 2018 which ultimately brought about the destruction of the famed lava lakes. In April, we led the first expedition by foot to witness the dramatic changes. It's hard to ...

Ambrym Island’s famed lava lakes lost

Ambrym Island, Vanuatu / March 2019 The volcanic island of Ambrym, Vanuatu is certainly a wonder of the world. There isn't another place like it anywhere on our planet. Two imposing cones rise from the desert-like caldera, both churning with molten rock. I have made descents within ...

Anak Krakatau – Cone collapse and tsunami

A large part of the south-western cone of Krakatau appears to have given way. This and probable collapses undersea have caused a massive displacement of water. One theory suggests this resulted from recent lava flows combining with accumulated material over many decades. This created a tipping ...

Anak Krakatau Expedition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnUvb-KeH5I After Anak Krakatau (Son of Krakatoa) started erupting again, we quickly booked flights to Jakarta. We left Auckland on October 13 (Air NZ) with a short connection through Bali (Air Asia to Jakarta). We met fellow Kiwi, Geoff Mackley to discuss logistics etc. Next morning, we ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea eruption and lava flows

On May 3rd, 2018, a fissure opened up in Leilani Estates (Puna District, Big Island) releasing lava. Over the coming days, more fissures opened up, spewing large volumes of lava skyward. Lava soon began to accumulate and flow towards the ocean. Fissure 8 continues to ...

Vanuatu: Extremes of Earth Expedition (HOT)

Three days after returning from Antarctica to visit the coldest place on the planet, we repacked and headed bound for the hottest place on the planet – inside one of the most active volcanoes on the planet, Mt. Yasur. This was part of a challenge ...

Chasing Cyclone Gita

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5rQtEvn-yI February 20, 2018 Cyclone Gita started out as "Tropical Disturbance 07F" near the Solomon Islands, before tracking towards Tonga and intensifying to a Cat 4. Gita was the strongest cyclone to strike Tonga in recorded history. Gita transitioned to strong ex-tropical cyclone as it tracked towards New ...
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