THE PUBLICATION OF THE NEW ZEALAND ANTARCTIC SOCIETY Vol 32, No. 4, 2014 32, No. Vol RRP $15.95 Close Encounters of the Best Kind: Studying Killer Whales in Antarctica Vol 32, No. 4, 2014 Issue 230 Contents www.antarctic.org.nz is published quarterly by the New Zealand Antarctic Society Inc. ISSN 0003-5327 The New Zealand Antarctic Society is a Registered Charity CC27118 DESIGN: Gusto Design PO Box 11994, Manners Street, Wellington Tel (04) 499 9150, Fax (04) 499 9140 Email: [email protected] GUEST EDITOR: Janet Bray New Zealand Antarctic Society PO Box 404, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand Email: [email protected] INDEXER: Mike Wing PRINTED BY: Format Print, Wellington This publication is printed using vegetable- based inks onto Sumo Matt, which is a stock sourced from sustainable forests with FSC News 41 (Forest Stewardship Council) and ISO accreditations. Antarctic is distributed in flow biowrap. Close Encounters of the Best Kind: Studying Killer Whales in Antarctica By R. Eisert 44 Patron of the New Zealand Antarctic Society: Professor Peter Barrett, 2008 New Zealand and the Antarctic Treaty System Immediate Past-Patron: Sir Edmund Hillary By Alan D. Hemmings 47 NEW ZEALAND ANTARCTIC SOCIETY LIFE MEMBERS Future-Proofing the Antarctic Treaty System The Society recognises with life membership, By Neil Gilbert 49 those people who excel in furthering the aims and objectives of the Society or who Do You Know What it Takes? have given outstanding service in Antarctica. They are elected by vote at the Annual By Jeanine Begg 50 General Meeting and are restricted to 15 life members at any time. The First-Women’s Club of Antarctica: Current Life Members by the year elected: Remembering Dorothy Braxton 1. John Claydon (Canterbury), 1980 By Lester Chaplow 51 2. Jim Lowery (Wellington), 1982 3. Robin Ormerod (Wellington), 1996 Book Review: Guy: the Adventures of 4. Baden Norris (Canterbury), 2003 New Zealand Photographer Guy Mannering 5. Bill Cranfield (Canterbury), 2003 By Colin Monteath 52 6. Randal Heke (Wellington), 2003 7. Bill Hopper (Wellington), 2004 8. Malcolm Laird (Canterbury), 2006 Cover photo: Back cover photo: 9. Arnold Heine (Wellington), 2006 A Type C killer whale spyhops among ice floes in Blue iceberg in heavy pack ice, northern Ross Sea. McMurdo Sound. (Photo courtesy of Paul Ensor.) (Photo courtesy of Colin Monteath / Hedgehoghouse.com.) 10. Margaret Bradshaw (Canterbury), 2006 11. Ray Dibble (Wellington), 2008 This page: At the 27 September NZAS annual wreath-laying 12. Norman Hardie (Canterbury), 2008 ceremony at the site of Scott’s statue, Christchurch. 13. Colin Monteath (Canterbury), 2014 From left to right: Mr Bill Cranfield, Mrs Helen Cranfield, the Reverend Peter Beck, and June, Lady Hillary. 14. John Parsloe (Canterbury), 2014 (Photo courtesy of Ms Michelle Rogan-Finnemore.) Issue 230 News Vacancy: Editor – Antarctic Antarctic is the flagship publication of The New Zealand Antarctic Society, and is currently published four times a year, to a worldwide readership. Our publication is looking for a new editor. An ability to develop the magazine’s “online presence” is important. A knowledge of Antarctica, and wide contacts/networks within the Antarctic community both here in New Zealand and overseas would be useful. Some writing is required, and as editor you would be responsible for gathering or commissioning articles from contributors, preparing them for publication and liaising with the magazine’s designers. This is an unpaid position. Expressions of interest are requested by 5 January 2015 to [email protected] for an immediate start. Annual General Meeting of the New Zealand Antarctic Society The Society held its 2014 AGM in Wellington on 18 October. Highlights of the meeting were the decisions to award the Society’s Conservation Trophy to Neil Gilbert and life membership to Colin Monteath and John Parsloe. The following officers were elected: • National President: Mariska Wouters • National Secretary: Myra Walton • South Island Vice-President: Margaret Bradshaw • National Treasurer: Lester Chaplow • North Island Vice-President: Linda Kestle • Immediate Past-President: Jud Fretter Branch news The branches of the New Zealand Antarctic Society have recently confirmed the following officers and committees: Auckland: Canterbury: Wellington: Chair: Linda Kestle Chair: Ursula Rack Chair: Chris Gregory Secretary: Roger McGarry Secretary: Gabriela Roldan Secretary: Bron Faulkner Treasurer: Mike Wing Treasurer: John Rogers Treasurer: Tamsin Falconer Committee: Nichy Brown, Committee: David Bowen, Committee: Robin Falconer, Brett Fotheringham, Myra Walton Margaret Bradshaw, Hanne Nielsen, Jud Fretter, Daniil Ivshin, Sue Stubenvoll Mariska Wouters Vol 32, No. 4, 2014 41 News Some recent international meetings in New Zealand SCAR 2014 outreach events (see www.scar2014.com). Week, a series of public lectures, some The first day and a half of the Open on Antarctica, and the 31st General Science Conference was shared with Assembly of the International Council COMNAP before COMNAP moved to of Science (ICSU), the parent body Christchurch for their annual meeting. of SCAR. As well as the busy science programme, The next biennial SCAR New Zealand IceFest provided evening meetings will be held in entertainment events that included a Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, 19–31 August musical performance These Rough Notes 2016, with a focus on Antarctica in ver 950 people from 39 and an illustrated comedy Te Radar’s the Global Earth System from the Antarcticana. Evening public lectures different countries attended Poles to the Tropics. were provided at the Auckland War Othe recent XXXIII SCAR A free copy of the abstracts from Memorial Museum as part of their Smart Biennial meetings and the 2014 Open the SCAR Open Science Conference in Science Conference at the Sky City Talk series and SCAR outreach events. Auckland is available from Gateway Convention Centre in Auckland from In addition Auckland Museum hosted Antarctica, University of Canterbury 23 August to 3 September. This was the Still Life: Inside the Antarctic Huts of ([email protected]). largest gathering of Antarctic researchers Scott and Shackleton on behalf of the ever assembled in New Zealand. New Zealand Heritage Trust. If all It was a very busy programme of invited the above was not enough, the SCAR Bryan Storey, Director, Gateway Antarctica, speakers, oral and poster presentations, meetings were part of a larger programme University of Canterbury mini symposia, workshops and public of events that included World Science Vice-President, SCAR COMNAP AGM XXVI Member organisations and invited United Kingdom) continuing COMNAP observers from the national Antarctic Vice-Chairs, were joined by newly programme of the Republic of Belarus. elected Vice-Chairs: Yves Frenot (IPEV, SCAR, the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat, France), José Retamales (INACH, Chile) the Committee for Environmental and Rob Wooding (AAD, Australia). Protection (CEP), the World Meteorology Along with Michelle Rogan-Finnemore Organization (WMO), the International (Executive Secretary) these officers Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and complete the seven-member COMNAP the International Association of Antarctic Executive Committee. COMNAP also Tour Operators (IAATO) also attended. unanimously agreed to extend the Antarctica New Zealand recently The meeting discussed all aspects of employment contract of the Executive hosted the 26th AGM of the Council of science support. Secretary, Michelle Rogan-Finnemore, for Managers of National Antarctic Programs At the meeting, Professor Kazuyuki a period of six years (through July 2021). (COMNAP) in Christchurch. COMNAP’s Shiraishi of Japan’s National Institute The University of Canterbury will continue purpose is to “develop and promote best of Polar Research (NIPR) was elected to host the headquarters of COMNAP – practice in managing the support of as the COMNAP Chair for a three year the COMNAP Secretariat – under scientific research in Antarctica”, and term. Professor Shiraishi is a geologist a further six-year MOU. its Members are the national Antarctic and has a long history of involvement in programmes of the 29 Consultative Parties Antarctic activities. He succeeds Professor Michelle Rogan-Finnemore to the Antarctic Treaty. Heinrich Miller, who successfully COMNAP Executive Secretary The AGM, which ran from completed his term as Chair. 27 to 29 August 2014, was attended by Hyoung Chul Shin (KOPRI, Republic representatives from 27 of the COMNAP of Korea) and John Hall (BAS, Photograph on p. 39 of issue 229 The editor should have credited to Sue Stubenvoll the photo of Natalie Cadenhead and George Rogers in the last issue. It was taken during a February 2014 working bee organised by John Parsloe and Natalie to move, sort and store the Society’s archives. 42 Issue 230 News News Polar Tourism Gateways – The Fourth Conference of the International Polar Tourism Research Network ollowing the Scientific Committee the conference delegates also benefited islands. Overall, IPTRN IV was on Antarctic Research’s biennial from a riveting debate on controversies a vibrant and enjoyable conference, which Finternational conference in around environmental and political brought representatives of the Arctic Auckland, the International Polar aspects of Antarctic tourism as opposed tourism community closer to Antarctic Tourism Research Network (IPTRN) to its managerial and operational tourism scholars. held its fourth conference in Christchurch realities.