Expeditions to far-flung places to collect specimens sound like the stuff of adventure stories, but still take place today. This international expedition lasted 18 months, and sought to provide the first detailed biological survey of Henderson Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and work on Pitcairn itself, once home of the mutineers from HMS Bounty.

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