White Island Volcanic. Comments
Sailing in the 'Endeavour', Captain Cook
named White Island in the Bay of Plenty,
'because that is how it appeared to us'.
Cook noted prophetically 'The island blew steam
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Sometimes there is a thin line between adventure and catastrophe.
You are so right. Too often outdoor adventures are too risky, even fatal. It was definitely too dangerous to venture onto White Island that day. I revised the last stanza of the poem quite extensively today. More time to think= a better wording. Thanks for your assessment.
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7/29/2025 8:41:02 PM # 1.0.0
I don't know about Capt. Cooks encounter with smoke spewing volcano, but most of us have read about the eruption of White Island volcanic eruption which claimed about one and a half dozen precious lives. Nobody knows when an adventure turns into a catastrophe..
Exactly right. All too often ' an adventure turns into a catastrophe'. Tragic.