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Trip Day Twenty-eight: Saturday, October 20, 2007

Port Chalmers

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WW II Bunkers

At 6:45 AM we passed by these bunkers that were built to protect Port Chalmers and the other communities scattered along the shores of Carey's Bay during World War II.
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A Reef Across the Bay

Soon we cross what we believe is a submerged moraine partially blocking the navigation channel in the bay. Moraines are piles of soil, rock and other debris that is pushed along by a glacier. When the glacier melts the debris is dropped where ever the glacier is at that point. These structures are very common in glacial inlets, making ship navigation perilous.

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Breakfast!

The gannets feed on something that collects in the shallow waters over the moraine.
See pictures of a gannet colony near Auckland.

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Sea Birds Over Moraine in Bay

We can easily see the location and extent of the moraine by the collection of birds feeding there.

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