Viva Lewes Issue #143 August 2018

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WILDLIFE Spectacled Cormorant A tale of sea monsters, shipwrecks and Steller Illustration by Mark Greco As a boy I often dreamt of escape, adventure and discovery. I fantasised about unexplored islands where creatures never seen by mankind still waited to be discovered and described. Due to my bad timing I arrived on this planet too late, but one of my heroes was in the right place at the right time. Georg Wilhelm Steller was born on 10th March 1709 and he died on the 10th March 1709. While the midwife packed her bags his auntie persevered and he was revived on 10th March 1709. Steller loved nature and his childhood was spent in the woods and fields around his home in Windsheim, Germany where, like me, he dreamt of exploration and discovery. At the age of 31 his golden ticket arrived. He was to be the scientist on an expedition led by the indomitable Commander Vitus Bering. Steller’s journals are one of the greatest adventure stories ever told. After the St Peter sets sail from Siberia Steller spends time with the sexually liberated native people – the Itelmen – and learns how to cure scurvy from their female shamans. But after reaching Alaska things go wrong. Horribly wrong. Despite Steller’s medical advice the entire crew is struck with scurvy. A relentless violent storm tears the St Peter apart and Steller, the only healthy man on board, reluctantly takes the helm. Eventually what’s left of the crew find themselves shipwrecked on an undiscovered island. Scurvy, starvation and Arctic foxes claim more lives, including that of Bering himself but, despite this hell, Steller nips off to do some birdwatching. On the newly christened Bering Island he finds new species of eider duck, sea eagle and sea lion and discovers some actual sea monsters: colossal 10-tonne sea cows swimming offshore. On the rocky shores Steller is the first man to encounter a giant ‘quite ludicrous’ seabird – the Spectacled Cormorant. After 10 months stranded the expedition finally made it home. Steller died in 1746. Steller’s Sea Cow was hunted to extinction just 27 years after being discovered. The Spectacled Cormorant hid from the hunters for another 80 years until it too was lost forever. A few years ago Mark Greco and I undertook our own expedition to Tring in Hertfordshire to examine one of only seven stuffed specimens of Spectacled Cormorant left on this planet. We didn’t suffer the same hardships as Steller (although we almost missed our connecting train at Milton Keynes). Awestruck, I carefully cradled the cormorant. Its green iridescent feathers shimmered under the museum lights and brought the bird’s plumage back to life. For a moment I imagined these cormorants swimming amongst the sea cows as Steller stood watching from the shore, and I dreamt again of an undiscovered island somewhere out there. Considering the fate of the Spectacled Cormorant and Steller’s Sea Cow, perhaps it’s best it stays that way. Michael Blencowe, Senior Learning & Engagement Officer, Sussex Wildlife Trust 87
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