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I NEWS BULLETIN NEW ZEALAND ANTARCTIC SOCIETY i N E W S B U L L E T I N p u b l i s h e d q u a r t e r l y b y t h e NEW ZEALAND ANTARCTIC SOCIETY WHAT LIES AHEAD? Something of the vastness and awesomeness of the Antarctic is captured in this photographic study of a disintegrating iceberg in Moubray Bay. Photo: Guy Mannering. Vol. 4, No. 6 JUNE, 1966 Winter and Summjr bases. .Scott S u m m e r b a s e o n l y t H a l l e f r . ' " * C r 0 N NEW ZEALAND Transferred base Wilkes US toAutt TASMANIA Ttmporanly non-operational KSyowa . Campb.ll I. (N.J) Hsiauuic I. Halltlr fax; \^5£gttBase-C "Vo»rok , Ju.i.i.n.) ^/Amundsen ■ Scott (U.S.) \\ \ A N T \ A R (4w«j ;i »* Mi.witfh\ 1 HiHey »»y **'* La +a$r^A> ^;X **<^ «4* drawn iy department of lands t survey wellington,new zealand, mar. i9g4- 1 " . " e d i t i o n ^ff.y&rc; fie £ (Successor to "Antarctic News Bulletin") Vol. 4, No. 6 Editor: L. B. Quartermain, M.A., 1 Ariki Road, Wellington, E.2, New Zealand. Assistant Editor: Mrs R. H. Wheeler. Business Communications, Subscriptions, etc., to: Secretary, New Zealand Antarctic Society, P.O. Box 2110, Wellington, N.Z. CONTENTS EXPEDITIONS New Zealand New Zealanders Examine the Campbell Glacier Area: D. R. Lowe France Australia U.S.S.R A Skua at Vostok Japan Belgium-Holland South Africa United Kingdom Chile U.S.A Sub-Antarctic Islands Whaling 50 Years Ago Antarctic Stations - 6 - Almirante Brown The Reader Writes Four "Discovery" Men In the Coldest Continent The Seals at White Island: Ian Stirling The Veterans Adelie Penguin Rookeries in the Cape Hallett Region: H. J. Cranfield Bookshelf June. 1966 NEW ZEALAND PLANS FOR 1966-67 SUMMER With all expedition personnel confined at the base and its environs for the long, dark winter months, there is not much to report from Scott Base except the progress of routine observations, and the plans for the 1966-67 The most exciting event of the vicinity of the base. The sun finally quarter occurred on June 6, as we set for the winter on April 24 and go to press: the second-ever mid will not be seen again till August. Six winter flight from New Zealand to men climbed to the 1,500 ft. altitude McMurdo, risked to bring out a sick of Castle Rock to watch the last American sailor. sunset. "The transition from seven Leader Prebble and others from hours of daylight at the beginning of Scott Base drove out the 14 miles April to twilight at the end of the to the landing strip on the Ross Ice month has been marked by a succes Shelf to collect a bag of mail, and sion of vivid sunsets and sunrises to see some new faces—by moon until the two blended into one," light. wrote the Leader, Mike Prebble, on Details in our next issue. May 5. W I N T E R C L A M P S D O W N Temperatures for April: maxi The base was buffetted by a four- mum - 10.5°C, minimum -37°C spray, i the shore produced vibrations that SUMMER PROGRAMME prevented the seismograph from No spectacular change is proposed Kickinglarch 15up theany sea earthquakes. froze over Butout onto in the scientific programme at Scott Cape Armitage two miles to the west, Base during 1967, and the plans for and ten days later was safe enough field work during the 1966-67 sum to walk on. mer follow fairly closely the trend During March, senior scientist Dr. previously indicated, the trend to A. Porter observed six aurorae. "Most wards the study of specialised prob of the aurorae were of a type known lems in restricted areas as opposed as rayed arcs and rayed bands and to the wider-reaching reconnaissance were of a white-bluish colour," said and exploratory field journeys of a Dr. Porter. few years ago. To combat the complete darkness The major innovation planned at later in the winter, groups marked Scott Base itself is the installation routes with reflectorised stakes, of a completely new generating plant lights were erected over doorways with nearly double the capacity of and snow-melter hatches, and sup the old plant and aimed to provide plies of food were brought up to more than sufficient power for the base from the meat cave one mile ever-increasing demand. away. The new plant will be installed by NOT SO COLD a team from the Ministry of Works March was a relatively mild month which is expected to carry out the with a maximum temperature of necessary work in about six weeks. -4°C (compared with - 12°C in March The summer party including Uni 1965), minimum -28°C (-44°C last versity and other field parties will year) and an average temperature number in excess of 50, apart from of -12.6°C (-24°C in 1965). This any visitors and men engaged on less severe cold is attributed to the short-term projects. Twelve men unusual extent of open sea in the will probably winter over. June, 1966 FALL-OUT Dry Valley region and a Canterbury Studies of nuclear fall-out — using University team will continue studies in biology and micro-meteorology. samples of air, snow, ice and rain water— will continue. The principal area for biological research will be Cape Bird, where the They will provide basic data on penguin and skua colonies will be isotopes occurring both naturally studied over a period of some and as a result of nuclear explosions months. and sampling will be carried out in the area extending from New Zea Oceanographic, magnetic and sedi land to the South Pole. This work ment thickness measurements will will be done largely by men primarily be taken from H.M.N.Z.S. "Endeav our" on passages between New Zea engaged on other projects. land and Antarctica during her 1966— Among other tasks, the programme 67 re-supply cruises. includes studies in auroral physics, earth currents, geomagnetism, iono A short visit will be paid by biolo gists from the Dominion Museum to spheric physics, meteorology, radio Scott Island and to Duke of York propagation and seismology. Island in Robertson Bay to investi FIELD PARTIES gate the petrel colony in each area. The programme of field work in The glaciological studies of the volves scientists from the Depart McMurdo Ice Shelf will be continued ment of Scientific and Industrial for a period of approximately three Lesearch, Victoria University and months. Canterbury University. Biologists working in the Ross De Two main geological parties will pendency area will collect samples be at work. One party of four men throughout the summer in all locali will map the area between the ties visited in order to establish the Tucker and Campbell Glaciers and amount of DDT content in the attempt a detailed geological survey natural life. of the northern part of the area from Tucker Glacier southwards to the ONLY 15 HUSKIES Victory Mountains. The second team, also of four men, will cover the With the progress of New Zealand's Aviator Glacier, the lower part of work in Antarctica, dogs are becom the Campbell Glacier and Mount ing outmoded and replaced by Melbourne. Each team is expected to mechanised transport. Now that the spend about six weeks in the field. reconnaissance topographical and Work in these areas is part of a geological survey of the Ross Depen programme to correlate the rocks dency has been completed, long mapped in surrounding areas and sledge journeys with dogs are no will have a direct bearing on prob longer necessary. Our scientists are lems to be tackled by the joint spending shorter periods in the field United States-New Zealand Expedi and are not moving far from the tion in 1967-68. specific areas being studied in detail, areas to which they can be trans ROSS ISLAND VOLCANICS ported by air. Mechanised transport, The main problem facing a three- for example motor toboggans, is man party studying the stratigraphy, more suitable for such projects. mineralogy and crystallisation trends So the dog population at Scott of Ross Island volcanoes will be Base is being reduced, not by any Mount Erebus, which will have to be wholesale slaughter, but by strict scaled. control of breeding and by making It is the only active volcano in dogs available to the few other coun Antarctica and has only been climbed tries which still use them. three times in history. Once there were 60 huskies at the Of the two universities directly base, the majority drawn from Aus associated with Government expedi tralia's Mawson Station, but 16 of tions, the Victoria University will them bred from Byrd's dogs at the send a party of geologists into the Auckland Zoo and 12 brought from June, 1966 Greenland in 1960 to strengthen the strain. At the end of last summer the SCOTT BASE LEADER 1967 number had been reduced to 22. Leader at New Zealand's Scott But the dogs will not disappear. Base for next year will be Colin They are needed for short field trips, Clark of Christchurch. and for use in emergencies. At such times they are still the best transport Born in Christchurch, Mr. Clark in the worst conditions. was educated at Christchurch Boys' The superintendent of the Division High School, where he was awarded (Mr. R.
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