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A News Bulletin New Zealand Antarctic Society A NEWS BULLETIN published quarterly by the NEW ZEALAND ANTARCTIC SOCIETY < • NEW COUNTRY Dogs spanned out at the camp below New Year Pass, on the way to January Col, in a range, not yet named, south of Mt. Markham. This is previously untraversed country in the extreme west of the Ross Dependency, explored by "Bob" Miller and George Marsh during their long sledge journey last year. Photo: J. H. Miller. Vol. I, No. 12. DECEM BER, 1958 Antarctica • MaLquarie I. bo·s. N. Z. M.5. "I II"AWN ... IANU)" )UIl,VI!Y U('T.. N,l. (Successor to "Antarctic News Bulletin") Vo!. I, No. 12 DECEMBER, 1958 Editor: L. B. Quartermain, M.A., 1 Arild Road, Wellington, E.2, New Zealand. Business Communications, Subscriptions, etc., to: Secretary, New Zealand Antarctic Society, P.O. Box 2110, Wellington, N.Z. INTENSIFIED PROGRAMME FOR NEW PARTY AT SCOTT' BASE A strong nine-man team has been chosen by the Ross Dependency Research Committee to replace the present New Zealand party under Mr. L. H. Martin at Scott Base. The men were selected' from over 150 applicants. The new leader is L. R. HEWITT, the P. and T. Department as a aged 45, a well-known mountaineer, Technician at Makara Radio Station. who is at present assistant-manager M. F. RODGERS (26), of Lower Hutt: of the Chateau Tongariro. An old boy technician. Born in Dunedin and of Christ's College, Mr. Hewitt serv«:d educated at King Edward T~chnical with the RAF. and the RN.Z.A.F. In College, in 1952 he joined the Regu- Britain, the Middle East, and the lar Army as an electronic techni- Pacific. As a member of the New Zea- cian. He joined the Dominion land Alpine Club and the Canterbury Physical .Laboratory in 1955 and Mountaineering Club, he has had 25 was employed in radio physical in- years' experience of climbing in t~e vestigations.. He assisted in the Southern Alps. He also took yart ~n building of some of the equipment the 1955 New Zealand expeditIOn In already installed at Scott Base. the Karakoram Hamalayas. Interested in tramping and climb­ The other men selected are: ing, he has led several parties into the Southern Alps. B. P. SANDFORD, M.Se. (24), of Wel­ G. F. G. WARD (31), of Kaitaia: lington (whose brother was a mem­ Senior Maintenance Officer. Born ber of the I.G.Y. team at Scott Base in Christchurch; educated there and last year): senior scientist. Educated at Temuka District High School, he at Raetihi School, Wanganui Tech­ served an engineering apprentice­ nical College and Victoria Unversity ship in Christchurch and FairIie; of Wellington, he has ihis year been then entered the Auckland Teach­ working at the Invercargill I.G.Y. ers' Training College in 1953 and station studying auroral spectra. trained as a metal work teacher. R. V. PEMBERTON (27), of Welling­ He was on the staff of Kaitaia ton: technician. Born in England, College from 1954 as engineering he served as a photographer with instructor. He has excelled at the RA.F. He later studied radio swimming and has followed cricket, and joined the Merchant Navy as a deer stalking and fly fishing. Radio Officer before emigrating to L. J. SALES (38), of Stokes' Valley: New Zealand. He is employed by maintenance officer. At present em- 318 ANTARCTIC December, 1958 ployed as a diesel fitter in the Hutt the Deer Research Section of the N.Z. Ralway Workshops, he was born in Forest Service, will be at Scott Base London and came to New Zealand for the summer. He went south by last year. He has had considerable air on November 9. experience of working under Arctic conditions, as for five years he was AMERICAN GUESTS area inspector of maintenance for With the New Zealand party at the U.S. Air Force in Newfoundland Scott Base will be four American and made several visits to Green­ scientists: land. He is also experienced in sea F. G. VAN DER HOEVEN, seismo- rescue work. logist; P. PHILLIPS (43), of Auckland: radio A. M. STUART, glaciologist; operator. Born in Wales, he joined P. T. HEISER, auroral physicist; the Royal Navy in 1933 and was for 22 years in the communications J. G. WEIHAUPT, asst. glaciologist. and electrica1 branches in all parts During the winter they will assist of the world. He served in cruisers, with the scientific programme, using M.T.B.'s and submarines in the equipment to be transferred from Atlantic and the Far East, and was Little America. Next summer they awarded the D.S.M. in 1941. He will set out on a lengthy field trip by served with Saunders-Roe on the sno-cat, extending the traverse at Black Knight project before coming present being led by Mr. A. P. Crary to New Zealand in 1957. He is em­ in the Victoria Land area. ployed as a technician with the The Scott Base party will leave Navy Department, Devonport. Mar­ Wellington on H.M.N.Z. "Endeavour" ried, with one child. on December 20. E. S. WEDGWOOD (29), of Invercar­ gill: cook. Born n England, at 17 he NEW ZEALAND PLANS joined the R.A.F. as cook, and The most important development served in Egypt and the Sudan. He in the scientific programme at Scott joined the Merchant Navy with the Base will be the intensified study of Orient Line, then Shaw-Savill and the lower regions of the ionosphere, finally spent 18 months in the 30 to 60 miles above the earth's sur­ kitchen of the "Queen Mary" before face, which affect radio communica­ coming to New Zealand 8 months tions by absorbing certain lower radio ago. frequencies. One more technician has yet to be "New Zealand leads the world in appointed. this field of research through the Dr. Trevor Hatherton, scientific work done at Canterbury University leader at Scott Base 1957-58, and under Dr. J. B. Gregory, senior lec­ officer in charge of New Zealand's turer in physics," said Mr. Holloway, scientific activities in the Antarctic, Minister in Charge of Scientific and spent several weeks continuing the Industrial Research. gravimetric survey he began two "Already our scientists have dis­ summers ago, working for a distance covered a number of previously un­ of about 100 miles along the Victoria known features about this ionospheric Land coastline west of McMurdo layer which will be further studied Sound. He is now with the American from Scott Base by the use of radio traverse party in Victoria Land. wave techniques. Mr. J. Humphries, who spent last year at Hallett Station, is at Scott NEW EQUIPMENT Base on relieving duties for two "With the aid of Government fin· months. ance, special equipment costing some Mr. G. J. Caughley, B.Se., of Eltham, [:i,OnO hus been ucsigncu Hnd built in a 20-year-old hiologist. employed hy Ihe Illlivcrsily's industrial develop· /,11 I A I·: ell C 31'1 ment department tu Ilelp with this Royal l-IUlll<lJW Society for their parl work. Dr. Gregory will spend part in the rescue of a shipmate who fell of the summer at Scolt Base to install overboard during an Antarctic gale. it and train the wintering-over staff in its use." SCOTT BASE REPORTS Dr. Gregory is being assisted by August at Scott Base was very Mr. M. J. Randall, a 20-year-old " disturbed" geomagnetically, and physics student at Canterbury Univer­ three severe storms occurred accom­ sity, who left for the Antarctic by air panied by radio blackouts and on November 25. aurora. When the apparatus is installed, The sun was first seen at 11 a.m. Scott Base will have the greatest 011 August 30. The weather during concentration in the Antarctic of August was mostly pleasant with a radio and allied equipment for study warm spell in the middle of the month of the upper atmosphere and radio when temperatures rose to plus 14 propagation. Apparatus for the study degrees. Temperatures were otherwise of aurorae will be added later. very cold with a minimum of minus The equipment will allow investiga­ sixty-two. tion of a theory that there is a trap September 20 and 21 saw the worst layer of dust and debris from outer blizzard so far experienced this year. space roughly fifty-five miles above Maximum windspeed was 87 m.p.h., the earth. This layer has important but surprisingly little drift was de­ effects on radio communication. posited. In general, conditions were The Minister said more special cloudy throughout the month with an equipment was being built at the average temperature of - 20° F. Dominion Physical Laboratory for an­ other special project-the study of SLEDGES READY "whistlers", or radio waves from Five of the six cargo sledges were lightning flashes which appeared to repaired and the sides repaired and travel along the earth's lines of mag­ strengthened. Duff did excellent work netic force, thousands of miles above in getting these sledges into a satis­ the surface. factory condition for the summer's OCEAN SURVEY operations. H.M.N.Z.S. "Endeavour" will carry Two dog sledges were also repaired out an oceanographical survey in the and other field equipment overhauled. Ross Sea during January and. Febru­ The dog teams were taken for a 16­ ary, 1959. The scientists engaged on mile run across the sea ice on August this work will be Dr. R. K. Dell (38), 31. The dogs performed well. Later, a senior scientific officer on the staff they were split into three teams and of the Dominion Museum, Wellington, short journeys were made from Scott and Messrs.
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