Return of the Penguins?

The fourth and final installment of Voyage of the Yellow-eyed Penguin.

Photo by John Ayers

Yellow-eyed penguins on a subantarctic island! One of the most endangered penguin species in the world.

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Thrills, spills, and seabirds in the subantarctic

Ever wondered what it's like to be jumped by a 700-pound endangered marine mammal? Find out in the latest installment of Voyage of the Yellow-eyed Penguin. Also featured: shipwrecks, near-shipwrecks, and albatrosses in peril.

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Sketches of New Zealand white-capped mollymawks, nesting on Auckland Island in the subantarctic

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Scenes from penguinland

The second chapter of my National Geographic series Voyage of the Yellow-eyed Penguin: Penguins Wanted, actually involves penguins. Additional visual below.

My first penguin-monitoring station on a subantarctic island (I was pretty stoked to see four yellow-eyed penguins in four hours). Certainly can’t post this without acknowledging @edinzphoto’s amazing camo/neon combo gear loan (thanks, E!)

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Back from the subantarctics!

My very good reason for not posting in the past few weeks: I was sailing 300 miles south from the southern tip of New Zealand to the subantarctic Auckland Islands. Now that I’m back in range of internet, stay tuned for stories about this utterly surreal voyage...

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Bottlenose dolphins

I'm in New Zealand for a Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship.