Auckland Museum blog http://blog.aucklandmuseum.com Staff and guests write about all things Auckland Museum. Fri, 24 May 2013 23:58:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sir Edmund Hillary’s Diary – 25th May A photo taken in the Himalayas on a later journeyReaching the Summit – in Hillary’s own words: “May 25. Six Sherpas with loads for Camp VII departed early. Tenzing and I on oxygen left at 9.15 and reached Camp VII at 12.30..."]]> http://blog.aucklandmuseum.com/2013/05/sir-edmund-hillary%e2%80%99s-diary-%e2%80%93-25th-may/ Sir Edmund Hillary’s Diary – 24th May http://blog.aucklandmuseum.com/2013/05/sir-edmund-hillary%e2%80%99s-diary-%e2%80%93-24th-may/ Sir Edmund Hillary’s Diary – 23rd May Mt Everest photograph by Robyn Mulgrew. Courtesy of Auckland MuseumReaching the Summit – in Hillary’s own words: “May 23. Self at IV. John, Tom and Charles plus Sherpas climbed to VII."]]> http://blog.aucklandmuseum.com/2013/05/sir-edmund-hillary%e2%80%99s-diary-%e2%80%93-23rd-may/ Sir Edmund Hillary’s Diary – 22nd May http://blog.aucklandmuseum.com/2013/05/sir-edmund-hillary%e2%80%99s-diary-%e2%80%93-22nd-may/ Sir Edmund Hillary’s Diary – 21st May Rope Sir Edmund Hillary used in his early mountaineering careerReaching the Summit – in Hillary’s own words: “May 21st. IV to VII. We watched eagerly from IV but to our disappointment only two figures started from Camp VII. Wilf Noyce and Analu on oxygen climbed up the Lhotse glacier, crossed the traverse and reached the South Col after some 4 ½ hours going..."]]> http://blog.aucklandmuseum.com/2013/05/sir-edmund-hillary%e2%80%99s-diary-%e2%80%93-21st-may/ Sir Edmund Hillary’s Diary – 20th May A scene in the HimalayasReaching the Summit – in Hillary’s own words: “May 20th. Attack starts. Self at IV. Wilf Noyce with nine Sherpas went from V to VII with loads for the South Col. George, Mike and Da Tenzing only made a short sortie above VII..."]]> http://blog.aucklandmuseum.com/2013/05/sir-edmund-hillary%e2%80%99s-diary-%e2%80%93-20th-may/ Sir Edmund Hillary’s Diary – 19th May http://blog.aucklandmuseum.com/2013/05/sir-edmund-hillary%e2%80%99s-diary-%e2%80%93-19th-may/ Museum’s marine team called to two rare finds washed up on beaches this week Point-tailed sunfishCurators and collections staff from our natural sciences team have been kept busy this week with two very rare finds for New Zealand waters. On Saturday an oceanic whitetip shark, pregnant with 11 pups, washed up on Muriwai Beach and then on Tuesday a point-tailed sunfish was found on Omaha Beach.]]> http://blog.aucklandmuseum.com/2013/05/museum%e2%80%99s-marine-team-called-to-two-rare-finds-washed-up-on-beaches-this-week/ Sir Edmund Hillary’s Diary – 18th May A scene in the HimalayasReaching the Summit – in Hillary’s own words: “May 18th. Self at IV. George, Mike and Da Tenzing went for a short distance above seven and then returned to Camp..."]]> http://blog.aucklandmuseum.com/2013/05/sir-edmund-hillary%e2%80%99s-diary-%e2%80%93-18th-may/ Sir Edmund Hillary’s Diary – 17th May http://blog.aucklandmuseum.com/2013/05/sir-edmund-hillary%e2%80%99s-diary-%e2%80%93-17th-may/