When Captain Cook (that guy really got around) approached the southwest coast of New Zealand in 1770 and spotted the inlet to a huge fiord, he named it “Doubtful Harbour” because of the uncertainty of navigating through it under sail. Later visitors (whalers and sealers) renamed it Doubtful Sound. Doubtful Sound viewed from Wilmot Pass … Continue reading
The bane of wetland scientists is biting insects, which can be distracting when you are trying to work and even dangerous as disease vectors. Most of us have horror stories about encounters with swarms of mosquitoes, blackflies, and no-see-ums. Here in New Zealand’s fiordland (that’s how they spell it here), we’ve encountered the notorious “sandfly”, … Continue reading
Wines and Wetlands 