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.