Night at the Museum

December 2015

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December 2015

Dropping to Robin Saddle Hut involves traversing narrow benches between small bluffs. Photo: Carl Walrond
On a traverse of the Murchison Mountains, Carl Walrond discovers the story of a 1955 Canterbury Museum expedition in search of takahe and uranium Karl and I motored up South Fiord, passing Forward Peak. Steve, the water taxi operator, pointed out some bailout options: the valleys of the Gorge and Tutu burns which would take […]

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