Kip on deck

Day 19 - White Island Volcano

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November 21st 2008
Today we're technically at sea all day as we make our way to White Island Volcano for a two hour stop this evening. White Island is an active volcano situated 48km from the east coast of the North Island in the Bay of Plenty. The island is about 2km in diameter and rises 320m above sea level while the rest of the mountain actually rises 1600m above the seafloor. The volcano had major eruptions ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more