About REBECCA PRIESTLEY
I’m a science historian and writer. I write about all sorts of things, but I’m mostly interested in New Zealand’s science history, about which I’ve curated two exhibitions, The Art of Science and Butterflies, Boffins & Black Smokers. I write a regular science column for The Listener, which you can read here, and I’ve completed four books, which you can read more about here. I’m now working on an anthology of Antarctic science, which should be finished ... soon and trying to decide between two new book projects: a worthy history of science biography and a fun contemporary science story. Perhaps I'll do both. I mostly blog when I'm adventuring - most of these posts are from recent trips to Antarctica and the Kermadec Islands.-
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Kermadecs voyage #2: The mystery of the floating pumice
I was planning to write this personal blog at the same time as writing one for Scientific American, but I’m so busy circumnavigating islands in a RHIB, flying into volcanic craters in a Navy Seasprite, fishing for sharks off the … Continue reading
Posted in Kermadecs, Science, Travel
Tagged HMNZS Canterbury, Kermadec Islands, Kermadecs, Navy, pumice
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Of noddies, humpbacks, tubeworms and sea mats
Late last year I wrote an essay about the science and history of the Kermadec Islands for a gorgeous new book, Kermadec. I was just getting an excerpt from it ready to post when I heard that a Department of … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged Kermadec Islands, marine sanctuary, Pew Environment Group, Raoul Island
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Alice’s Antarctic diaries
On my recent trip to Antarctica, my fellow writer and near-constant companion was Wellington poet and all-round writer person Alice Miller. We shared a bunk room together, made each other many coffees, bought each other many drinks, and went on … Continue reading
Posted in Antarctic, Personal, Science, Uncategorized
Tagged Alice Miller, Antarctica, diary, RAdio New Zealand, Rebecca Priestley
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