Wet Jacket Arm, Fiordland, NZ. 2011

Moana Uta (Wet Jacket Arm) Marine Reserve is a marine reserve covering the entire length of Wet Jacket Arm in Fiordland on New Zealand’s South Island, an area of 2,007 hectares (4,960 acres). It was established in 2005 and is administered by the Department of Conservation. The crew of HMS Resolution discovered the area for Europe in 1773. Captain James Cook named the inlet the Wet Jacket Arm after a night when some of the crew rowed the length of the inlet in good weather, only for the weather to change. The group spent the night in wet clothes, unable to light a fire to dry themselves or cook food, and kept away by a storm. (source WIkipedia)

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