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Sa Wedn Th Sa The Star Thursday September 30 2021 12 NEWS Governors Bay jetty closer to rebuild • By Samantha Mythen FUNDRAISING efforts to rebuild the Governors Bay jetty will soon be ramped up as the tender process nears completion. The Governors Bay Jetty Restoration Trust is evaluating the tenders submitted. It will then select a contractor for the jetty’s rebuild. Said trust secretary Louisa Eades: “The announcement of a start date will then be the beginning of our publicity campaign, that will take fundraising to the next level.” For the past few weeks, trust volunteers, including Eades, have been inspecting timber to be used for the jetty’s decking. Four new trustees were appointed at the trust’s annual meeting on Sunday, expanding the group’s “skillset.” The trust has already received more than $900,000 from the city council for the project, and conducted its own fundraising. To get involved with the project visit www.savethejetty.org SOMETIMES THEY just don’t make them like they used to. That’s certainly the case for three old timber sledges that have just been carefully maintained before they head back down to Scott Base for another busy season to help measure potential sea level rise. Doug Henderson has been in Christchurch carrying out essential maintenance on Antarctica New Zealand’s Nansen and Tamworth style sledges, so they can continue to support science on the ice. “I’ve really loved working on this project. These sledges are about 40-50 years old and have been used throughout their lives in Antarctica, so they were well built and have been well maintained over the years,” the Arrowtown craftsman said. “The fact they are still being used for important work in Antarctica is pretty amazing. They have stood the test of time.” Made of predominantly ash and hickory timber, the sledges have had some New Zealand beech added during maintenance work over the years. Henderson is a bit of an Antarctic veteran – he’s been down to the ice about 11 times over 30 years and has done a lot of work with the Antarctic Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz New lease of life for sledges Heritage Trust. Helping conserve Hillary’s Hut in the 2016-17 season was one of the projects he has worked on, along with repairing the same sledges previously. He has replaced some of the cracked sledge runners and the leather lashings, which were sourced from Australia. They’re preserved using special vegetable tannins for flexibility even in very cold climates. The other rope lashings were impregnated with Stockholm tar to improve their durability, and Linseed oil was brushed on the sledges to finish the maintenance process. This season, they will be towed behind skidoos carrying sensitive radar equipment used to measure changes in the thickness of the Ross Ice Shelf caused by melting. The ongoing research, which is led by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research’s Craig Stewart, will help predict the future of the ice shelf, and in turn, sea level rise. Stewart, who has used the TEST OF TIME: Doug Henderson repairing the old sledges before they head back to the ice for another season. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN sledges for his research for many years, says they are ideal for Antarctic work because their flexibility makes the ride smoother for equipment. “This gives them great strength and the ability to change shape as they move over the often bumpy ice,” he said. Despite now being towed by skidoos, the style of the sledges is similar to the ones used during the heroic age when they were pulled by dog teams. The sledges will head back down to Scott Base in October. CAS’n’OVA PRODUCTIONS BY ARRANGEMENT WITH PLAYMARKET PRESENT Th By Joseph Musaphia Directed by Ray Williamson & Pene Maddock The Performing Arts Centre Heaton Normal Intermediate School $25 Thursday 7th, Friday 8th, Saturday 9th, Wednesday 13th, Thursday 14th, Friday 15th, & Saturday 16th October BOOK ONLINE NOW www.casnova.co.nz
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