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Web Links

Kaikoura @ nationalgeographic.com
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kaikoura/
Join an international team of scientists as they probe New Zealand’s Kaikoura Canyon in an effort to spot the elusive giant squid.

New Zealand @ nationalgeographic.com
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/atlas/
oceania/nzeala.html
Get the basics from the Map Machine.

AJ Hackett Bungy
http://www.ajhackett.com/
Meet the folks who turned an odd idea into an international industry.

Eco-Challenge
http://www.ecochallenge.com
Started in North America, the Eco-Challenge has become one of the best-known adventure races.

Explore
http://www.ExploreMag.com/core.html
“Adventure Racing 101” is among the offerings at this e-zine.

Macpac
http://www.macpac.co.nz/
This gear manufacturer—“a group of New Zealanders with a strong affinity for wild places”—sponsored the team with which EXPLORER host Boyd Matson raced.

Making Movies
http://www.moviesnz.com/
Learn more about producer James Heyward, who led the National Geographic crew covering the Southern Traverse.

Marathon des Sables
http://www.sandmarathon.com/
Several years before attempting the Southern Traverse Boyd Matson completed this grueling Sahara race.

Passport to New Zealand
http://www.nztb.govt.nz/
The New Zealand Tourist Board introduces this alluring country.

Plateau Adventure Racing Magazine
http://www.plateaumagazine.com/index.html
Get a glimpse of this new publication.

Raid Gauloises
http://www.raid-gauloises.com/web_anglais/f_princi.htm
Check out the world’s oldest adventure race, held each year in a different nation.

The Southern Traverse
http://www.southerntraverse.com
Find team rankings, photographs, press releases, and more at the official race site.

Web Page Author on Visit
http://www.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/getitem?date=12Dec
1998&object=1207330127&type=html
Online correspondent Peter Winkler got his 15 minutes in the December 12, 1998, issue of New Zealand’s Otago Daily Times.

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NGS Resources

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Allen, Thomas B. “Deep Mysteries of Kaikoura Canyon.” Pages 106-117, June 1998.

TRAVELER
White, Mel. “Into the Wilds of New Zealand.” Pages 48-65, January/February 1997.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Deford, Frank. “Let the Games Begin.” Pages 42-69, July 1996.

TRAVELER
Heat-Moon, William Least. “New Zealand—Born of Fire and Ice.” Pages 46-58, September 1990.

Video
Cameramen Who Dared. 1990.

Book
Harrell, Mary Ann. Surprising Lands Down Under. 1989.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Jordan, Robert Paul. “New Zealand: the Last Utopia?” Pages 654-681, May 1987.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Clutton-Brock, T.H. “Red Deer and Man.” Pages 538-555, October 1986.

You can find still more resources by searching the NGS Publications Index or NGS Store.

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Additional Resources

DuFresne, Jim and Jeff Williams. Tramping in New Zealand. Lonely Planet Publications, 1995.

Dugard, Martin. Surviving the Toughest Race on Earth. McGraw-Hill, 1998.

“For Thrills, Lovers and Others Leap.” New York Times; July 31, 1991.

Fletcher, Hayley. “A Real Christmas Rush.” Pacific Wave, December 1998.

Glickman, Joe. “In Adventure Racing, Even a Little Is a Lot.” New York Times; September 11, 1998.

Graham, James. “Hanging by a Thread.” New Zealand Sport Monthly, December 1998.

Hinton, Marc. “Beastly Test of Mind and Body.” Sunday Star-Times; December 6, 1998.

King, Jane. New Zealand Handbook. Moon Publications, Inc., 1993.

“Leaps of Faith in New Zealand.” New York Times; January 28, 1990.

McMenamin, Paul. The Ultimate Adventure Sourcebook. Turner Publishing, 1992.

Shadbolt, Maurice. Reader’s Digest Guide to New Zealand. Reader’s Digest, 1998.

Simmons, James C. The Big Book of Adventure Travel. John Muir Publications, 1995.

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