Life on Macquarie Island in the sub-Antarctic - Australian Geographic

Life on Macquarie Island in the sub-Antarctic

There are still few places in the world that are truly wild, but Macquarie Island in the sub-Antarctic is one of them.

About Antarctica: Macquarie Island

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Macquarie Island is just 34km long and up to 5km wide. The steep and slender island broke the ocean's surface sea some 600,000 or more years ago

This is an edited extract from the new book by Alistair Dermer and Danielle Wood, A Hostile Beauty.

Photo Credit: Alistair Dermer

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AntarcticMonkey

27 Sep 2011

What a fantastic story! Im heading there in November with Aurora and can't wait! http://www.auroraexpeditions.com.au/expedition/sub-antarctic-islands Report