1908 Kermadec Islands expedition
Scientific expedition
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The 1908 Kermadec Islands expedition was a research expedition undertaken between December 1907 and November 1908 to investigate the biodiversity of the Kermadec Islands.[1][2][3][4]
1908 Kermadec Islands expedition | |
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| Start | December 1907  |
| End | November 1908 |
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Purpose
Participants
- Walter Oliver, leader, botany and geology[5][6]
- C. E. Warden, meteorology[6]
- S. R. Oliver, botany and geology[6]
- T. Iredale, birds and shells[6]
- W. L. Wallace, entomology[6]
Itinerary
Results of research
Walter Oliver described the physical features and structure of the islands in a presentation and paper (5911 words) to the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury on 19 October 1910.[9][10]
Tom Iredale summarised the bird life and marine mollusca of the Kermadec Islands to the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1910.[11][12]