Excursions

My research has taken me on memorable trips to many historically and scientifically significant places. Click on the links below to see a gallery of my photos (and in some cases a narrative) about each destination.

[This page is still under construction]

Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

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The Galápagos Islands

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The Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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Mount Etna

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One Tree Island Research Station and Heron Island Research Station, Great Barrier Reef

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Waimangu volcanic rift valley and Mount Tarawera, Aotearoa New Zealand

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Tetiaroa Atoll

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Volcán Chimborazo, Ecuador

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Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Islands

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Tuauru Valley, Tahiti

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Cape of Good Hope and Table Mountain, South Africa

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Monuments and memorials

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Gump Research Station, Mo’orea, French Polynesia

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Smithsonian collections

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Ua Pou, Marquesas Islands

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Memorable archives and reading rooms

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Mendoza, Argentina to Santiago, Chile

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The “Temple of Serapis” and the Solfatara – Campi Flegrei, Italy

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Rangiroa Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago

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Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands

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Reflections on reaching my field sites by bicycle

All images © Alistair Sponsel unless otherwise stated. All rights reserved.