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Hill or High Water
Ainsley Vinall highlights a collection of photographic slides from the 1958-59 Royal Society expedition to Southern Chile, recently added to the Society's collections.
However, when HMNZS Endeavour, the proposed ship for this voyage, proved unavailable, the stops in Australia, New Zealand and a number of smaller islands were cut, shifting the expedition to a detailed study of Southern Chile. British zoologist Martin Holdgate was joined by botanist Eric Godley(1919-2010), marine biologist George Knox (1919-2008) and geologist William Watters (1926-2014) from New Zealand, as well as entomologist Guillermo Kuschel(1918-2017) from Chile. These photographs provide a fascinating insight into a group of people with cultures and customs distinct from the majority of South America, including their 15ft boats, made from the trunks of southern beech trees, and their housebuilding and local crafts.
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