‰ NOW 15 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM NOVEMBER 2012 QST PAGE 93 ‰ ISLAND JULY 11 THEN DROWNED ON NOVEMBER 4 AT PERSEVERANCE HARBOR, CAMPBELL ISLAND. LIKE THE AUCKLAND ISLANDS, CAMPBELL WAS A SEAL HUNTING AND WHALING STATION. A METEOROLOGICAL STATION HAS BEEN ON THE MAIN ISLAND SINCE AFTER WORLD WAR II. IT WAS FIRST LOCATED AT TUCKER COVE IN THE ABANDONED WWII COAST WATCHER STATION AND THEN FROM 1958 1995 AT BEEMAN COVE. IN 1995 AN AUTOMATED STATION WAS INSTALLED. CAMPBELL ISLAND IS THE ALBATROSS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD AND IS LISTED AS AN IMPORTANT BIRD AREA BY BIRDLIFE INTERNAT ‰ END OF 15 WPM TEXT ‚