What do you know about Campbell Island? If you are anything like me, I knew nothing about it. But last year, that changed after I signed up for an expedition cruise with Heritage Expeditions and managed to visit this beautiful World Heritage site for myself.
Before my trip, I was told that the island is windswept, mostly drizzly, and to pack my thermals because it is cold. The average temperature is only 6 degrees.
So, where is this island? It’s 660 km south of Bluff in the middle of the Southern Ocean. The island and its satellites were formed from eroded volcanoes, millions of years old. Trees struggle to grow there because it is so cold.
The island was discovered in 1810 by Captain Frederick Hasselburgh, who named it after his employer, Robert Campbell of Sydney. Perseverance Harbour, the biggest fjord-like inlet of the island, is named after the sealing brig he was sailing at the time of his discovery.
