A NEWS BULLETIN published quarterly by the NEW ZEALAND ANTARCTIC SOCIETY IN UNKNOWN COUNTRY Biscoe and Cooper of the New Zealand Alpine Club Expedition, 1959-60, sledging on the Hood Glacier, a tributary glacier of the Beardmore, in approx. 83 0 50' S. In the background is Mount Bali H'ai, dim bed by members of the expedition. -N.Z. Alpine Club photo. VOL. 2 No. 5 MARCH 1960 LIW ~ \ 180' ):.... z ,;-::.\ Antarctica 1'-. .'~._\ \,,'., . \~\ C-P1I"h'll6I »\ '.(>'~ \.-- • fvl.u:.q 1";.l.r I t' I '{ bO·' k .b Z -; 90"1 P E]iO ("'l -4 \' .600~. o· E.IW. N Z,t'" S Ifd DRA..... N I'ly LANOS .... )IJ~\'(~ 1'[l'r.. ", z " (Successor to "Antarctic News Bulletin") VOL. 2 No. 5 MARCH 1960 Editor: L. B. Quartermain, M.A., 1 Ariki Road, Wellington, E.2, New Zealand. Business Communications, Subscriptions, etc., to: Secretary, New Zealand Antarctic Society, p.a. Box 2110, Wellington, N.Z. IMPORTANT RADIOl\'lAN GUEST BACK NUMBERS A recent visitor to Antarctica at the invitation o,f Rear Admiral Owing to unexpectedly heavy d~· Tyree, was 19-year·old Julius Madey mands the New Zealand AntarctIc from New Jersey. Julius, or Jules Society regretfully intimates that as he is caned by men 'o,f Operation stocks of the following issues of Deepfreeze, is an electronIcs engi· "ANTARCTIC" are almost exhaust· neering student fruJ.1"1tutgers-Uni-·-- ed, and the Society i:s unable to versity. To Deepfreeze personnel, " supply individual copies: however, he is the amateur oradio Vol. 1, No. 1, March, 1'956. operator who has kept them in Vol. 2, No. 2, June, [1959. constant touch with their families VoI. 2, No. 4, December, 1959. in the United States, as well as the A very ILmited number of COM· outside world in general. PJ.ETE SETS (Vol. 1, No. I, to When the married men o'f Mc­ Vol. 2, No. 4) is available. Price Murdo become new fatheTs, it is for the 1'6 issues, 1956-1959, indud· Jules who transmits pictures o,f ing postage, £4. their 'offspring by amat~ur ~..adio 'Copies of other issues may be facsimile. He keeps the men up to' purchased at 4/- per copy while date on football and 'baseball scnres stocks last. and at Christmas he relays nrders AN APPEAL for thousands nf doUaI'S worth o.f If any members of the Society flnwers fO'r the famiHes of 'Deep· are holding copies of the above freeze' men. He has alsO" conducted issue'S (March, 1956, June or De· a 'hamletter servi-ce' by amateur cember, 1%9) which they do not radio teletype which provided a require, the Secretary wou[d greatly mail service for wintering·nver per· appreciate receiving t'hem. There i,g sonnel'during 'Deepfreeze IV'. a 'keen and steady demand for back His statiO'n, K2KGJ, is repo,rted issues which we should li'ke to meet to have transmitted more than if possible. Copies of the "ANT· 12,000 messages and phone dis· ARJCTU1C NEWS 'BULLETIN", Nos. patches for the Navy mer: .'in the 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 111, 12. 17, 18, would past five years. In addItton he also be welcome. keeps regular radio schedules with JUST THE THING aU the other United States Ant· Fnr over two months in the field, arctic stations. He is believed to the N.Z. UniverSity party were un· have the strongest signal sent Iby able to wash either themselve,s 0'1' any amateur to the Antarctic. For theiT clothes. his contr~bution to Antarctic ;com· Two membeps of the party learnt munications, Jules was presented on their return to 8cott Base that they 'had won fi-rst prize in a 'raffle the Edison Radio Amateur lAward 'back hnme'. The prize was'--a from the General ,Electric Cnmpany washing machine. in 1958. 158 ANTARCTIC March 1960 NEW ZEALAND'S SUMMER ACTIVITIES COVER AWIDE FIELD With the ever-ready assistance of United States personnel, ships and aircraft to supplement the limited carrying capacity of H.M.N.Z.S. "Endeavour", over 100 New Zealanders went south this season either to winter over or to engage in the wide programme of summer activities approved by the Ross Dependency Research Committee and implemented by the Antarctic Division, D.S.I.R. Several ,changes have taken place ently formed from an open Icrater. in the wintering-over party at 'Scott The island o1!herwise rises steeply Base. The cook will now be and is covered 'With tce. J. A. WARREN ('40) of Timaru. Born 'in England he served in the Thick pack·ice was encountered J near Beaufort Island but V.S.S. Merchant Navy and came to New "Atka" 'broke a passage for "En­ Zealand in 1945. He 'Worked as a deavour" to within seven miles of hotel chefJ and then joined the Civil Scott Base. Despite 'four hoursJ Aviation Administration and served further effort by the iceJbreaker as cook at Raoul Island for ten only halif a mile more was 'gained, months and at Camp-beLl Island in and unloading 'began. This was the suib-Antarctic for eighteen completed by January 1'6, but "En­ months. deavour" was now fast in ice three The Base ,carpenter will be to eight inches thick, extendi,ng It. G. COLLINS (23), A New Zea­ south rrom Cape Royds. She was landerJ Collins' home is at Upper freed by U:S.S. "Atka" and pro­ Hutt. He was educated at the Hutt ceeded with the planned oceano· Valley Technical College and served graphic programme as far as time his time as a surveyor before taking and the weather permitted: in the up carpentry. southern Ross Sea area January C. W. S. Kennedy has 'had to 20-25, and a'cross the Pennell Bank return to Ne,w Zealand and has January 30· February 9. been replaced 'by Conditions were now bad but the , CORPORAL C. N. JOHNSTONE ship got within three miles of Hut (23) of the Antarctic Flight. Born Point with great difl1'culty in a zero in HaweraJ Corp. Johnstone joined temperature. All cargo 'Was loaded the RN.Z.A.F. as a hoy-entrant in and passengers embarked by Febru­ 1953. ,His home town is Ta'ihap'e. ary 16, and with the help O'f U.S.S. "Eastwind" the vessel broke clear "ENDEAVOUR" of the 'ice and headed for N e'w H.M.N.Z:S. "Endeavour "J now Zealand, reaching Bluff on February under the command of a New Zea­ 27. A caU was made at CampbeU lander, Commander R. H. L. Humby, Island to pick up a sick man. left Wellington on December 27. FOT the first time the vessel carri'e'd SCOTT BASE TRAIL sails-a large mizzen sail and a Two Scott Base Ferguson trac­ foresa'il-to help stabilise the ship tors ea'ch drawing a six·ton load When halt-e'd during oceanogra'phic on two sledges ,began the transport survey wo,rk. of supplies to the base. Soon, how­ The first iceberg was stghted on ever, the tractors were 'bogged down J'anuary 3J and on the 4th in foggy in soH snoW, and a United States ('onditions the ship edged her way D4 tractor came to the rescue, haul­ in.to the first layers of brash iice. ing four loaded s,ledges While one Scott Island Was si'ghted but an Ferguson towed the other. Eventu­ attempt to land was thwarted by a ally an American '04 tractor with heavy swell and the roughness of two ten·ton sledges completed the the landing placeJ a beach ,a'pp'ar- haulage to Scott Base. -March 1960 ANTARCTIC 159 SUMMER WORKING PARTY OCEAN STUDIES The ,foUolwing men formed the The oceanograJphk work planned party which ,carried out the bu'ilding by the New Zealand Oceanographic pro-gramme at Scott Base during Institute 1.'0 be carried out from the summer: R. M. Heke, foreman, H.M.N.Z.S. "Endeavour" by the F. Tod, P. J. Brown, Sgt. P. Orow­ party of six under Lieut. R. Adams ther, Corp. L. A. Frith, LIC H. was considerably curtaIled by ad­ Selby, Spr. T. G. W. King, Spr. W. vel'se condiNons, a possibility which G. W. WiUiams, Spr. E. BaiIlie and had not been unforeseen. Spr. N. E. BristQIW. Nevertheless, much useful work The team wo'rked a 14·hour day was done. After the off·loading at in an effo,rt to get various 'con'struc­ the ice-edge, "Endeavour" made two tion jobs completed in the shortest 'cruises, one £.rom January 20 to 25 -possible time, and all the planned in the McMurdo Sound area, where pmjects were -completed before the six seismic stations were made, and last memlbers of the team 1eft foil' one from January 30 to February 9 home. across the Pennell Bank in the The builders usually started work Ross Sea. at 8 a.m. and, taking advantage of At both locations the scientists the permanent sunshine, worked till on board investigated the bottom 10.30 p.m. with only two sho,rt living animals and made collec­ break,s. At one stage they were tions of hydro1logicaI and sediment wo1"king a day and night shUt. samples. A collection of bulk san1ples for C" determination was Mr. Frank Ponder, architect to made over the continental slopes of the Ministry 0.£ Wo-rks, visited S'coH the Ross Sea. Dredging was carried _Base for a few days in late Novem­ out off Scott Islan~l.