Historic Public Houses The statue encourages everyone was sunk by a mine north of , carrying The British Hotel was to pet and love the dog. It reminds a large quantity of gold which was salvaged in secret us of the courage, tenacity and for the Bank of England. Longboat Terra Nova (90), a p chosen for Scott’s comradeship shared by Antarcti- wooden, gaff rigged cutter, was launched around 1948. Antarctic ort farewell dinner for the Discovery cans in the heroic and IGY eras and She was damaged beyond Expedition in 1901 our many seafarers who voyage in repair in 1966 and replaced and the Mitre for the Antarctic waters. with a Dunedin mould cutter Terra Nova expedi- (123), launched in 1969. tion in 1912. Both Timeball Station Easter Regatta 2007 was epitomised the elegance of their day but the Lyt- Before radio, navigators needed her last outing under sail. telton Times records a reported fracas between the accurate time to determine © NZ HIstoric Places Trust She is now used for rowing. modern Mrs Scott and traditional Mrs Evans in the longitude: heading east or west. A few seconds error presence of Mrs Wilson. Since the heroic era Lyttel- could place a ship on rocks even in charted waters. With Lyttelton W HAKARAUPO ton remains a watering hole for visiting Antarcticans. the invention of chronometers, Timeball stations were Pharmacy and Post Office established. Lyttelton’s station was built in 1876 using an Offers Antarctic (Ross Dependency) Lyttelton astronomical clock from the makers of London’s Big Ben. stamps and postal services. Historical Museum Every day at 1pm a 100kg ball was dropped above a tower so navigators could adjust their chronometers and Currently awaiting rebuild, the mu- determine error rates. By 1918 when times were broad- seum will again feature all aspects Further information: cast by radio, the ball was dropped only twice weekly. of Lyttelton’s colonial history. The The service ceased in 1934. The Station had to be old building had two floors and demolished after the 2011 earthquake, but may be four galleries displaying an eclec- Christchurch i-SITE Visitor Centre rebuilt. For more info, visit www.timeball.co.nz tic collection of model ships, whaling and maritime Find Christchurch Antarctic Links, visit objects, Antarctic relics and numerous photos of www.christchurch.org.nz/antarctic or i-SITE on people, buildings and places – even a sled dog. Quail Island Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch. Tel. 03-379 9629 Lying in the flooded Akaroa crater of Lyttelton’s Seafarers’ Centre Akaroa i-SITE Visitor Centre extinct volcano, this 81 hectare island offers beauti- The original Seafarers’ Centre near the Find Frank Worsley, visit www.akaroa.com or i-SITE ful scenery, great walks, wildlife, ships’ graveyard and railway station offered a welcome space at 120 Rue Jolie, Akaroa 7520. Tel. 03-304 8600 glimpses into the past through the Information Centre for visiting seafarers, including those voyaging in and track panels. During the peak of Antarctic explo- Antarctic waters. Destroyed by fire it was replaced on ration, 1901–1929, the island was a quarantine and New Zealand Antarctic ports Norwich Quay but was again destroyed by the 2011 training area for the sled dogs and ponies of Scott and Find Antarctic links at NZ’s other earthquake. Lyttelton continues to offer hospitality in Shackleton’s expeditions. It also housed New Zealand’s Antarctic ports: Bluff, Port Chalmers the town, including free wifi from the Library, and a only leprosy quarantine colony. Prisoners from Lyttelton (Dunedin), Oamaru and Wellington new centre will be built as soon as possible. Gaol did much of the heavy work, building stone terrace Disclaimer: Information correct www.antarctic.org.nz walls and tracks, and planting trees. Sadly only a replica when printed: May 2014. Antarctic Sled of a sled dog kennel survives. Dog statue © Andrew Stark© Andrew Collection A bronze sled dog statue Lyttelton Sea Scouts Lyttelton Harbour to be installed on London Sea Scouts, based in Lyttelton and Governor’s Bay, are i Street celebrates nearly 250 active in outdoor training, development and competition, Information Centre years of Lyttelton’s associa- on and off water. Their original wooden lifeboat from RMS tion with the Antarctic. 20 Oxford Street, Lyttelton Niagara was given to the Troop in 1940 after the Niagara [email protected] • 03 328 9093 www.lytteltonharbour.info Welcome! St Saviours in Trinity Antarcticans in Lyttelton scientific research and the The church has three foundation Baden Norris was raised in Lyttelton, first ‘winter-over’. Lyt- Seafaring in Lyttelton spans 500 years since Maori stones. Consecrated as a seafar- first visited Antarctica in 1964, founded teltonians still remember first arrived. ers’ church in 1885, St Saviour’s Lyttelton Historical Museum in 1965, accidents that removed the wing of a small polar Captain James Cook voyaged to Antarctica in 1770 West Lyttelton was designed is Emeritus Curator of Antarctic History, in sections by Cyril Mountefort. Robert Falcon Scott, his Canterbury Museum and was awarded the plane and a helicopter after naming Banks’ ‘Island’ (Peninsula) for his bi- crews from Discovery and Terra Nova, and generations of NZ Antarctic Medal in 2013 for a lifetime of crashing into the harbour. ologist Sir Joseph Banks. Whaler Benjamin Morell, seafarers worshipped here. After years of falling rolls, the service to Antarctic history. Harry McNeish famously told No one was hurt. in Antarctic, is the first recorded Antarctican to visit church was moved, in sections, over Evans Pass to Cathe- Baden ‘Shackleton shot my cat’. The scenic Baden Nor- Lyttelton in 1830. Several whaling ships followed dral Grammar School, Christchurch, in 1976. Its altar is in ris Reserve follows the coast east from the town, giving “... the attitude of the New and by the 1840’s many had stayed. Scott Base’s Chapel of the Snows, Antarctica. views of port and harbour. Zealand government stands Lyttelton became a haven for Antarctic exploration Holy Trinity Church,1852, rebuilt in 1860, was the oldest Many Lyttelton men joined heroic era expeditions includ- in the heroic era, which continued through Interna- stone church in Canterbury, one of three Lyttelton churches ing Mortimer McCarthy (Terra Nova), J Scotty Paton (Terra out in sharp contrast to the tional Geophysical Year (IGY) in the 1950s. Mod- destroyed by earthquakes in 2011. St Saviours came home Nova, Morning and Nimrod), Charles Williams (Terra Nova), dismal apathy and indifference ern visitors are low key. Keep an eye out for Italica to Lyttelton in 2013 and was re-erected on the Trinity site. while several others settled in Lyttelton: W M McDonald, J R Denistoun, Thomas Clissold, William Burton, Dimitri (Italy), Nathaniel B Palmer (US), Araon (Korea), Spirit which Lieutenant Shackleton Tug Lyttelton Gerof. Shackleton attributes the success of ‘Heart of the of Enderby (NZ), Sir Hubert Wilkes (Aus), fishing ves- Antarctic’ to Saunders from the Lyttelton Times. had to contend against sels such as OceanBreeze and private expeditions Ordered from Scotland in 1906 Canterbury Other Lytteltonians served in Antarctica during at home”. such as Apostol Andrey (USSR), Gambo (UK) and IGY, Admiral Byrd saw Canterbury as ‘my arrived in Lyttelton in – Captain England Greenpeace. Welcome to our port and harbour. September 1907, second home’ and Lyttelton continues to after a 14 week voy- enjoy a warm relationship with all Antarc- age via Suez. She ticans. Gillian Wratt, first CEO of Antarctica escorted and towed NZ, lived in Lyttelton. Medal holders John & Wildlife Visitors Shackleton’s Nimrod Margaret Bradshaw live across the harbour. Often seen off Lyttelton

© Tug Lyttelton Preservation Society & Canterbury Museum Lyttelton © Tug to Lyttelton Heads on Heads, sometimes in harbour 1st January 1908. Renamed Lyttelton, she was seconded to and, rarely, on land, Lyttel- the NZ Navy during the war but continued to assist Antarctic Lyttelton Graving Dock and Wharfs ton is a haven for Antarctic vessels until decommissioned in 1970. In 1973 she was The graving dock, a remarkable feat of Victorian marine migrants. Take a voyage in a completely overhauled with 2749 man hours of voluntary engineering, took 600 man years to build, being con- modern or historic vessel for effort in dry dock and is now a much loved passenger vessel. ceived in 1875 and completed in 1882. Heroic era ships the best views. Recent visi- © Sue Stubenvoll Terra Nova, Discovery, Nimrod, Morning and Mawson’s tors include cetaceans (blue, orca, humpback, south- Torpedo Boat Museum Aurora all used Lyt- ern right and pilot whales), mammals (leopard seal, NZ fur seal), fish (black cod, an Antarctic overstayer The Thornycroft torpedo boat was bought from Chiswick, UK telton’s facilities and from the Ice Age), and a wealth of birds (petrels, in 1883 under fear of Russian invasion. The museum houses services to prepare for their hazardous jour- albatrosses, skuas, cape pigeons and mollymawks). Examining the lamp at Scott’s Terra Nova hut in 1963. the partly reconstructed bow and stern, features a scale From left: Mortimer McCarthy, William McDonald and Bill Burton. model of the vessel, an example of the steam engine that neys south. From 1954- once powered it in full working order and, on request, can 57 IGY vessels such as show a film of the political context, recovery and restoration, USS Glacier, Wyandot, with historic footage and photos, Greenville, Victory and including film of Shackleton’s icebreaker EastWind Nimrod leaving Lyttelton harbour. shipped materials, men and small planes to Antarctica to build Hallet Station, Scott Base, McMurdo and to support