Contents

COVER PHOTO HEADLINE : Avalanche [Catastrophe lurks just beneath the surface];
CONTENTS - Departments :
EDITORIAL; VIEWFINDER [London Olympics]; GeoNEWS [Waikite geyser / Neanderthals on herbs / gannets]; PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR; ARTEFACT [Lost soldiers]; TE ARAROA [Harper Pass track]; WEATHER [Tongariro eruption]; LIFE [Mimicry]PROFILE [Kay Baxter]; BOOKS [Southern Exposure / Poenamo Revisited / 100 Amazing Tales]; HISTORY [Race of the century]; IN THE FIELD [George Novak]; PARTING SHOT [Return to Pukapuka];
CONTENTS - Features :
AVALANCHE [Snow avalanches are among nature’s most striking spectacles, but have claimed the lives of 140 New Zealanders since records were kept]
SIGNS OF LIFE [A Photographer’s lens reveals the first signs of life for trout, but only one in a thousand eggs will survive to adulthood]
PUBLICISING PEAKS [The pioneering spirit of New Zealand’s mountaineers was reflected in early publicity posters, as was the burgeoning alpine tourism industry]
RETURN OF THE ANCIENTS [Sea turtles are common vagrants in New Zealand waters, which represent the edge of their range. For some, it was a flap too far]
IN THE SHADOW OF GIANTS [Peppered with ash and pumice from its noisy neighbours, the fine desert sands of Te Onetapu are one of the world’s only volcanic dune systems]