These huts were living quarters for men deployed to the subantarctic islands to scan the Southern Ocean for German and Japanese ships. Judd is heartened by the development of an archaeological database by DOC, which will now include the subantarctic island sites. Iain McGregor/Stuff Sensitive heritage sites must be protected from curious wildlife, such as sea lions. “Our problem is it is a World Heritage island, and it would just spread across as the wind came through. Schmidt is pleased with progress in recording, GPS mapping and photographing heritage sites across all five subantarctic island groups.

Source: Stuff April 13, 2021 16:52 UTC