Journeys
The expeditions, reassembled
Every dated label is a diary entry. Read a collector’s labels in order and the voyage comes back: the islands in sequence, the days at each, the specimens from every stop. 11 journeys so far, 1981 to 1988, 947 specimens between them.
11 collectors and expeditions193 days in the field58,385 km between stops893 photographed specimens
11 journeys match
van Balgooy
South Island and Australia · Jan – Feb 1983
van Balgooy in South Island and Australia, January – February 1983166 specimens · 13 stops · 39 days
Otto Degener
5 islands · Aug – Oct 1981
Otto Degener across 5 islands, August – October 1981122 specimens · 26 stops · 41 days · 26,632 km
Isa Degener
5 islands · Aug – Oct 1981
Isa Degener across 5 islands, August – October 1981115 specimens · 26 stops · 41 days · 26,632 km
P. Ollerenshaw
Australia · Oct – Dec 1986
P. Ollerenshaw in Australia, October – December 1986116 specimens · 17 stops · 65 days · 412 km
P.L. Beesley
Australia and Lady Musgrave · Nov – Dec 1986
P.L. Beesley in Australia and Lady Musgrave, November – December 1986108 specimens · 11 stops · 22 days · 818 km
W. Greuter
Australia · Sep – Oct 1988
W. Greuter in Australia, September – October 198864 specimens · 26 stops · 53 days
K.U. Kramer
Australia · Sep – Oct 1986
K.U. Kramer in Australia, September – October 198673 specimens · 13 stops · 35 days
P.A. Fryxell
Australia · Apr – May 1983
P.A. Fryxell in Australia, April – May 198351 specimens · 20 stops · 27 days · 2,204 km
van der Klip
Australia · Sep – Oct 1986
van der Klip in Australia, September – October 198648 specimens · 12 stops · 35 days
George Butler
Australia · Jan – Feb 1983
George Butler in Australia, January – February 198343 specimens · 15 stops · 21 days · 1,687 km
M. Kramer
Australia · 6–16 Sep 1986
M. Kramer in Australia, 6–16 September 198641 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days
How a journey is found
Every specimen with a full date and a known collector is a diary entry. The days are read in order; a gap of more than three weeks ends one journey and starts the next. Days spent where a collector lived most of their life are home, not travel, and are left out.
A journey needs at least five days, forty specimens and two places. Within it, a run of days spent within about ten kilometres is one stop; the stop’s point is the middle of the labels that carry coordinates, or the island’s centre when none do.
Companions are the people whose own labels put them in the same place on the same days. Staff can name a journey, write about it and feature it; everything else here is read straight off the specimens, and is rebuilt as the records improve.