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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Voyage of the Yellow-eyed Penguin

My first of four stories about a voyage to the subantarctic!

Mad dash to Dunedin

I'll be offline for the next two weeks! I just dashed down to Dunedin to catch a boat to the subantarctic islands, where I will help with yellow-eyed penguin surveys.

On the car ferry to the South Island! Last-minute roadtrip to Dunedin, where I’ll catch a boat down to some subantarctic islands.

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

Seabird music video!

Music video or science documentary? Whatever it is, it's the centerpiece of my latest National Geographic story: A Krill's-Eye Video of New Zealand Seabirds.

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

Sleepsketching

Sometimes I even sketch in my sleep. (Photo: Chris Gaskin) Waiting for the sun to set and the petrels to fly in for the night.

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I may have peeked.

View from the cliffs at sunset, waiting for darkness and incoming petrels

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