1908 Kermadec Islands expedition explained

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]}

Purpose

This expedition sought to study the biology, geology and meteorology of the Islands.^{[3] [4]}

Participants

• Walter Oliver, leader, botany and geology
• C. E. Warden, meteorology
• S. R. Oliver, botany and geology
• T. Iredale, birds and shells
• W. L. Wallace, entomology

Itinerary

The party sailed on the Hinemoa from Auckland on 28 December 1907 to the Kermadec Islands where they intended staying for 12 months.^[5] The researchers were picked up after 10 months, returning to Auckland on 16 November 1908.^[6]

Results of research

Walter 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.^{[7] [8]}

Tom Iredale summarised the bird life and marine mollusca of the Kermadec Islands to the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1910.^{[9] [10]}

Notes and References

1. News: 27 December 1907 . Scientific excursion . 17 April 2024 . . 2 . XXXVI . 5147.
2. News: 28 December 1907 . The Kermadec Islands . 17 April 2024 . . 2 . XXXXI . 12356.
3. Web site: Nathan . Simon . 1908 expedition . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230203053211/https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/37375/1908-expedition . 3 February 2023 . 4 June 2024 . Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
4. News: 17 November 1908 . The Kermadec Expedition . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240604025044/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/IT19081117.2.27.7 . 4 June 2024 . 4 June 2024 . Inangahua Times . 4.
5. News: The Kermadec Islands . 13 July 2024 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
6. News: Unsuccessful Search for the Loch Lomond . 13 July 2024 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
7. News: The Geology of the Kermadec Islands . 13 July 2024 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
8. Oliver . W. Reginald B. . 1910 . The Geology of the Kermadec Islands . Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand . 43 . 524.
9. News: Bird-life on the Kermadec Islands . 13 July 2024 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
10. Iredale . Tom . 1910 . Bird-life on the Kermadec Islands . Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand . 43 . 1 . 2–16. 10.1071/MU910002 . 1910EmuAO..10....2I .