A lot has happened since we returned on the 11 February to Christchurch from our expedition to Campbell Island. A devastating earthquake 11 days after our return and then another in June were among the more memorable (memorable for all for the wrong reasons) happenings. The February quake sent our freezer in the EOS Ecology lab flying and our irreplaceable 200-odd invertebrate samples thrown to the floor. It was a small miracle that they all survived the shake-up, and our gas-powered...
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Shelley McMurtrie
20 Dec 2011 - 18:00
Freshwater Ecology
-SMcM.jpg "Shelley stands in on of the deep cracks that split our roads wide during the February eartquake.")
-SMcM.jpg "The view around the corner from our house in St Albans. Photo Shelley McMurtrie")
-SMcM.jpg "Our beautiful and iconic Christchurch Cathedral in ruins. Photo Shelley McMurtrie")
-SMcM.jpg "Freshwater invertebrate specimens in glass vials, that thankfully didn't break when they fell to the floor in the EOS Ecology lab.")
-SMcM.jpg "The last of the gifted Mountford wines did not make it through the Feb quake.")
-SMcM.jpg "We were very lucky that the EOS Ecology lab wasn't badly damaged in the earthquake, with lack of power the greatest concern was for samples stored in fridges and freezers.")
Norm Judd
16 Oct 2011 - 17:00
History and Archaeology
-S McMurtrie.jpg "Excaving the old fire place at the sod hut discovered on the east side of Tucker Cove by the history team during the Campbell Island Bicentennary Expedition. Photo by Shelley McMurtrie")
-SMcMurtrie.jpg "Steve Bagley, Nigel Prickett, and Shelley McMurtrie en route to Southeast Harbour to look for signs of habitation by sealers from the past. Photo by Shelley McMurtrie")
-SMcMurtrie.jpg "Steve Bagley and Nigel Prickett painting the finger post at Southeast Harbour. The paint will fade to a clear colour when dry, and will protect this historic site feature for a few more years. Photo by Shelley McMurtrie")
-S McMurtrie.jpg "Steve Bagley battling through the thick undergrowth on the way from Southeast Habour to Six Foot Lake to retrive an iron pin from an old shipwreck timber")
-SMcMurtrie.jpg "Steve and Nigel lifting the sod from a shripwrecked timber in Monument Harbour to remove the iron pin (in foreground) for metallurgical analysis. Photo by Shelley McMurtrie.")
The basic reporting on the ‘what’ and ‘where’ of the Heritage Team’s work is nearing completion. Site records will be sent for inclusion in the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Site Record File, which is the central repository accessed by the NZ Historic Places Trust, Department of Conservation and any researcher or other interested...
Shelley McMurtrie
30 Jul 2011 - 15:53
Terrestrial Ecology
-SMcM_0.jpg "Alex (left) and Colin (right) surveying one of their long-term plant plots")
Alex Fergus is giving a talk for the botanical society of Otago about the dramatic vegetation changes over the last 200 years of human occupation of Campbell Island.
The talk is on the 10th August 2011. Find out more at:
http://www.botany.otago.ac.nz/bso/...
Mark Crompton
8 Jan 2011 - 20:38
One of my projects has been to make an accurate and definitive record of the Meteorological Station and its ancillary facilities (the station was closed 15 years ago in 1995) before the buildings deteriorate further or are removed altogether (already the Ionosonde Building, Magnetic Building, Fluxgate Magnetometer Hut and Seismo Hut have been dismantled and the Hydrogen Shed and Aurora House are next on the list).
The station forms a small but significant part of our history and...
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