About REBECCA PRIESTLEY
I’m an academic and science writer from Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. I used to only blog when when I was adventuring – many of my early posts are from trips to Antarctica and the Kermadec Islands. Now I’m adventuring closer to home.
This site is focused on my creative nonfiction writing. You can find out more about my academic work here: https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/rebecca.priestley
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Kermadecs voyage #1: On the HMNZS Canterbury
In 1955, when the US and USSR were involved in a nuclear arms race, the British Prime Minister asked New Zealand’s permission to test hydrogen bombs in the Kermadecs, a small group of islands about 800 km north of Auckland. … Continue reading
Posted in History of science, Kermadecs, Travel
Tagged Blake Trust, HMNZS Canterbury, Kermadecs, Navy, rum
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