It's a part of New Zealand most people have never heard of: our forgotten islands in the Southern Ocean.
Despite polar temperatures and violent seas, foreigners travel the world to visit them, thanks to a Christchurch company sailing the Subantarctic.
It's the most remote corner of New Zealand, 660 kilometres south of Bluff - the rain, mud and wind all part of a true Campbell Island getaway.
"It's not everybody's cup of tea [and] it's not what everybody would look for in a holiday - but I think there are an increasing number of people who are looking for these wilderness experiences," Rodney Russ of Heritage Expeditions said.
Mr Russ is one of the few people brave enough to take customers to the Subantarctic. His Russian-built icebreaker weathers the great Southern Ocean, known to bring swells above 10 metres.
"The sea sickness isn't great, but you get over it," voyager Sarah Falloon said.
It's no easy feat, with staff having to endure plenty of logistical problems.
"My very first trip I dropped 60 ramekins full of desert just before plating them - and yeah, there was no dessert that night," chef Connor Arcus said.
For most on board though, the landings at the Auckland Islands, Campbell Island and others are worth the discomfort.
The Subantarctics are nature reserves home to 120 different species of seabirds, visible as long as the weather allows it.
On Campbell Island, it can be raining or overcast 325 days of the year - and that means everything can be put on hold by the weather, no matter who's paying or how far they've come.
Mr Russ is a long-time scientist and conservationist. He started the tours in the hope of inspiring a new generation of wildlife advocates.
"You can read all the books, you can watch all the documentaries but until you stand up here amongst the tussock and see the albatross, it's then that you take ownership. It's then that you start caring," he said.
He's a Christchurch lad putting a hidden corner of New Zealand back on the map.
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