The Helicopter Pilots Who Carpet-Bomb Islands To Battle Invasive Rats
Mission staff loading bait into helicopter buckets on Macquarie Island, which lie halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica.Photo: Keith Springer
Only a couple pilots have the expertise for this work, including Garden, who has done 27 bait drops since conservationists first attempted the strategy a few decades ago. Mission staff loading bait into helicopter buckets on Macquarie Island, which lie halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica.Photo: Keith Springer
The other mission threat is the weather. Mission staff loading bait into helicopter buckets on Macquarie Island, which lie halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica.Photo: Keith Springer
While he knows the job wouldn’t appeal to everyone, Garden has loved every mission he’s been on.
Source: earther.gizmodo.com