Stewart Island: the cage and the apex

By Kafele Herring

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foveaux strait runs between bluff and stewart island. the great whites work the bull-kelp lines from april to october.

two operators run permits. you go with the licensed one. the water is 13–15°c. you wear the suit. you wait.

this is not an aquarium. it is an encounter with the apex predator of the southern ocean, on its terms.

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