1962–1963 Dominion Museum expedition

1962–1963 Dominion Museum expedition
1962–1963 Dominion Museum expedition
Country	New Zealand ;
Organiser	Dominion Museum; Department of Scientific and Industrial Research ;
Country of origin	New Zealand ;
Start	Lyttelton ; 22 December 1962
End	Dunedin ; 21 January 1963
Vessels	USS Durant; USS Namakagon ;
Participants	D. M. M. Macarthur; Francis John Fulton Fisher; George Alexander Knox; J. B. Wright; Keith Arthur John Wise; Peter M. Johns; Brian Bell; Eric Godley; John C. Yaldwyn; John Munne Moreland; Judson Linsley Gressitt; Lionel Jack Dumbleton; Peter Wilfred James; Robert Falla ;

The 1962–1963 Dominion Museum expedition was a research expedition organised by the Dominion Museum and Department of Scientific and Industrial Research to study the biodiversity of the Auckland Islands.^[1]^[2] The expedition took place between December 1962 and January 1963.^[3]^[4]

References[edit]

^ George Alexander Knox (1965). "The Subantarctic Islands: Past, Present and Future". Proceedings of the New Zealand Ecological Society. 12: 69–72. ISSN 0077-9946. Wikidata Q125551391.
^ "Ornithologists Had "Field Day" In Auckland Islands". The Press. Vol. CII, no. 30037. 23 January 1963. p. 13. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
^ E.J. Godley (1985). "A visit to the Auckland Islands in the summer of 1962–63". Tuatara. 28: 1–13. ISSN 0041-3860. Wikidata Q124344566.
^ "Auckland Islands Party Returns". The Press. Vol. CII, no. 30036. 22 January 1963. p. 14. Retrieved 22 April 2024.