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Archive for category: Antarctic Blog

The Summer Season Begins

October 25, 2016 - Antarctic Blog

By Lizzie Meek

The AHT summer conservation team is here at Scott Base, and well and truly settled in for the season. We touched down on a perfect Antarctic spring day at Pegasus runway, and hitched a ride with the Americans back to Scott base from the airfield.

For Ciaran it’s his first trip to the ice and for Sue and myself a welcome return to a familiar place.

Ciaran cleans a portrait of HM the Queen inside the TAE hutAntarctic Heritage Trust

Ciaran cleans a portrait of HM the Queen inside the TAE hut

We’ve been working hard to set up all of our lab spaces so we can begin work on this summer’s project: conserving Ed Hillary’s Trans Antarctic Expedition hut – the first building to be erected at Scott Base nearly 60 years ago. Over about three days we cleaned, packed and moved all of the artefacts from the TAE hut, and began working on conservation treatments in the lab. Our colleagues, Programme Manager Al, and Heritage Carpenters Martin, Doug and Geoff have also arrived and started work on the building structure. Watch out for photos and blogs for them over the next few weeks.

 

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A Venezuelan Connection

October 19, 2016 - Antarctic Blog

By Josefin Jimenez

Conservator Ciaran Lavelle mused in an earlier post Life is like a box of Chocolates about the Fry & Son’s Caracas Chocolate box and the randomness of life, and I can here add another random little piece. As the paper conservator, I worked with repairing the paper components of the box, two exterior labels and the remains of a white interior paper lining with a stamped doily pattern.

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Caracas is the capital of Venezuela, perched atop the northern coast of the South American continent, the country known for its oil, its cocoa, and political unrest. Curiously, it is also where my father was born and lived until his early twenties.

 

Antarctic Heritage Trust - CaracasEmilia Bergmark-Jimenez

The sprawl of Caracas at night

To me and my siblings, growing up in Sweden; almost as far away from Venezuela as it is from New Zealand, it was a place both endlessly distant and strangely present. It was where my paternal grandmother, my abuela Vicenta lived, it was there my dad had once fallen from a wall and cracked his head open (bending down he would let us run our hands along his head to feel the scar), it was where my tios and tias and primitos lived. It was where my dad once had kept a baby caiman as a living pet in his bath tub. Dad would tell us stories about his family, about funerals, his school friends, about rich people and poor people, about drunks and strangers and about his mother’s house in Los Rosales. Dad came to Sweden by chance (on his way to study engineering in Soviet Russia) and decided to stay, eventually having five kids there. J.S Fry’ & Sons was established in 1822 and became the largest commercial producer of chocolate in Britain, the factory located in Union Street in Bristol. It was also the first company in England to produce eating chocolate, the Perl chocolate bar and Caracas Chocolate. Fry & Sons imported their cocoa beans from Venezuela, where at the time there was only one factory for domestic production and the bulk of the raw beans were exported. The beans would be transported to the factory in Bristol where they would be roasted, ground and shaped into chocolate bars. The bars were packed into boxes or tins and transported, and this particular box all the way to Antarctica with Borchgrevink and the first British Antarctic Expedition, 1898 ̶ 1900, to be found and taken to New Zealand where it would meet a genetic descendant, a stranger from home.

 

Antarctic Heritage Trust - Caracas viewEmilia Bergmark-Jimenez

The view from my grandmother’s house

My dad didn’t return to Caracas for 20 years until he accompanied my brother there in 2002 and came there regularly after. My abuela died in October 2015 in her house, the last time he saw her was three years earlier as the political situation prevented travel. I have later come to doubt the veracity of the story of the baby caiman.

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Life is Like a Box of Chocolates

October 11, 2016 - Antarctic Blog

By Ciaran Lavelle

Do you remember Forrest Gump sitting there on his park bench sharing not only his box of chocolatey delights but also his southern philosophy about the randomness of life?

 

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As a 90s kid, I remember all too well and can remember quoting that film often, as I do now. I sit at my lab bench and look at my own chocolate box, a wooden Fry’s Caracas Chocolate box that would have originally contained chocolate cakes. It has sat on a shelf for over 100 years at the Southern Cross Expedition hut at Cape Adare and I can safely say, that with the randomness of the contents, you don’t know what you’re going to get next.

 

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Frys chocolate box

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The Name of the Game

August 17, 2016 - Antarctic Blog

By Josefin Jimenez

This week I have been working on half a piece of card, identified only as “Game: Card” in the collection database, with no further information on what kind of game, or how to play it.

'Who Knows?' board gameAntarctic Heritage Trust

‘Who Knows?’ board game

In his account of the British Antarctica Expedition 1898-1900 Borchgrevink talks about playing chess, cards and draughts to pass the time. He also mentions that the two Sámi members of the expedition, Persen Savio and Ole Must, played Sákhuu, a board game particular to Sámi culture.

So what kind of game does this particular board come from? After conservation treatment, two pieces of information were revealed: the title of the game, ‘Who Knows?’ and the name of the distributor, J Jaques & Sons.

John Jaques is a London firm, established 1756, which still exists today. They were the makers of such Victorian hits as Snap, Halma, and Ludo, not to mention the classics Tiddlywinks and Happy Families. “Who Knows?” is a lesser known game and could be considered an early version of Trivial Pursuit.

This vintage edition of the game, charmingly describes the rules as follows:

  1. Six Players and 1 Crier
  2. The Crier calls the questions, and the Players in turn must answer correctly; whoever does so gains the Ticket, which is placed on one of the divisions of the Card.
  3. The player who fills his card first wins.
  4. If no one can answer the questions, the Crier must read it aloud so that, when called again, the Players may have a chance at gaining it.
'Who Knows?' rulesAntarctic Heritage Trust

‘Who Knows?’ rules

A description of the game can be found in the V&A collections catalogue where we can learn more about the categories of the games tickets.

The subject of the cards are as follows:

47 geography
16 grammar
21 spelling
34 mental arithmetic
71 history
63 general knowledge

So far we haven’t seen any trace of either the other game boards or the tickets but as we are approximately half way through the Cape Adare objects I hope that the tickets will soon cross the treatment table.

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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

August 12, 2016 - Antarctic Blog

By Ciaran Lavelle

Close your eyes and imagine what a typical explorer would look like. Now imagine your explorer traveling through an Arctic or Antarctic region.  What image have you drawn in your mind’s eye?

For me I always imagine a well-padded, shaggy-haired, bearded man. The first image shows Northern Party from Scott’s 1910-13 Terra Nova expedition before their arduous journey to Cape Evans from Inexpressible Island. The unruly hair and bushy beards tick all the boxes for an explorer, and I can only imagine that an extra layer of hair was a welcome insulation against the cold.

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The Northern Party before their journey back to Cape Evans.

Although this image was not always the norm. The men of these early Antarctic expeditions to Cape Adare were learned men, and from the Naval tradition. Their appearance would have reflected their social stations; just look at the second photograph of the well-groomed, dapper men of Scott’s Northern Party sitting outside the hut at Cape Adare.    

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The Northern Party during their stay at Cape Adare.

We see evidence of these grooming routines in the artefacts from the hut, with the bone hair comb and a hair brush (it is possible this could also be a clothes brush) seen in these images. The hair brush was particularly interesting object to conserve as it still retained hair within its bristles and also required a great deal of reconstruction as the bristles were loose and falling out.

Bone hair comb after conservation.Antarctic Heritage Trust

Bone hair comb after conservation.

 

Hair or clothes brush after conservationAntarctic Heritage Trust

Hair or clothes brush after conservation

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Tea Towels: Hemmed and Ready for Use

August 10, 2016 - Antarctic Blog

By Stefanie White

20 unused tea towels from Cape Adare are currently undergoing conservation treatment. They are all of white linen material with a red border along the top and bottom with words reading ‘TEA CLOTH’ and a delicate leaf damask in white. Interestingly, the towel is has been stamped with bright blue ink reading ‘Hemmed and ready for use’. Traditionally, a tea towel was a luxury item that often the lady of the house would embroider, use to polish precious crockery or to cover food baskets with. These towels would came unhemmed and were typically hemstitched by servants or house maids. However, with the industrial revolution, tea towels became to be mass produced and even ‘hemmed and ready for use’. Among the collection of Tea towels found at Cape Adare, we see a nice example of this 19th/20th century new style of tea towel.

I wonder why they were not used…

Before treatment of tea towelAntarctic Heritage Trust

Before treatment of tea towel

After treatment of tea towel

Hemmed, ready for useAntarctic Heritage Trust

Hemmed, ready for use

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Why Did Levick Leave His Personal Items Behind?

August 5, 2016 - Antarctic Blog

By Stefanie White

George Murray Levick, surgeon and zoologist on Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) was a member of the Northern Party who spent the summer of 1911 – 1912 at Cape Adare. Recently, Conservator, Stefanie White has completed the conservation of a collection of clothing from Cape Adare and several of these items have been labelled with Levick’s name. From his socks, we can summise that levick’s feet were at least 25cm in length; from his collar, his neck measurement was at least 46 cm; and from his belt, his waist was at least 66cm while at Cape Adare.

Why did Levick not take these personal items when he left Cape Adare? Did he suffer from forgetfulness or misplace his possessions? Perhaps, this explains why he also left his photography notebook at Cape Evans, or perhaps it is because Levick thought he would one day return to Cape Adare. In January 1912, Levick together with the Northern Party were collected by the Terra Nova and dropped off at Inexpressible Island to carry out scientific field work before being picked up again. However, the Terra Nova was unable to return to inexpressible island and collect Levick and his five colleagues. The Northern Party never returned to Cape Adare and Levick’s personal clothing never again claimed.

Some of the personal items that Levick left behindAntarctic Heritage Trust

Some of the personal items that Levick left behind

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Lime Juice Nodules

July 20, 2016 - Antarctic Blog

By Josefin Jimenez

In most cases the historic food that comes off the ice is interesting, rather than appetizing. Even if it had not been 100 years old and come from a tin covered in corrosion and penguin remains the names ‘Bloaters’ and ‘Lunch Tongue’ are not something that would make most people reach for their knife and fork. Not in this day and age, anyway!

There have been a few exceptions though, such as tablets of compressed coffee that still smelled like the fresh beans, mango chutney from the Indian Condiment Manufacturer and, in one notable case, lard so white and fresh it might as well have been a tub of ice cream.

And, of course, the Lime Juice Nodules. The nodules came in square tins wrapped in paper and string, and were found underneath a bunk in the Southern Cross hut (first British Antarctic Expedition, 1898 ̶ 1900), believed to be stashed there as part of an emergency cache.

 

A tin of Lime Juice Nodules, before treatment.Antarctic Heritage Trust

A tin of Lime Juice Nodules, before treatment.

During conservation it was discovered that one of the tins was leaking and it had to be opened as part of its treatment. The nodules, previously believed to be either dried fruit or sachets of powder, turned out to be in fact chocolate-coated. Each was a square of dark chocolate individually wrapped in parchment paper, around a delicious filling of lime sugar-syrup, much like a modern sweet treat. Their smell was rich and strong and still quite tempting.

After extensive lab discussions we believe that the consistency would be similar to one of the Strawberry flavoured Cadbury Roses. To us it was quite mystifying why the expeditions would have left so many of these tins uneaten.

 

Cross section of a sampled Lime Juice Nodule, retained for analysis.Antarctic Heritage Trust

Cross section of a sampled Lime Juice Nodule, retained for analysis.

The Lime Juice Nodules were supplied by the Bovril Food Company, of British Beef Tea fame, and would have been intended as a remedy for scurvy, an antiscorbutic, but it is doubtful whether they would have worked effectively as such.Previously the remedy for scurvy would have been casually referred to as ‘lime juice’ although actually made from lemons, but a shift in production of antiscorbutics around this time likely meant actual limes were used, in the belief that the higher acidity would be a more effective cure. Unfortunately lime juice contains a considerably smaller amount of Vitamin C and is actually less effective. And as it was all referred to as ‘lime juice’, whether made with limes or lemons, these particular ones could be either.

Scott, for instance, some years later, did not believe that lemon juice would prevent scurvy, instead relying on fresh meat.

 

Repacking the Lime Juice Nodules into the tin after treatment ̶ as the chocolate threatened to melt at room temperature, treatment had to be carried out in short bursts between periods of cold storage.Antarctic Heritage Trust

Repacking the Lime Juice Nodules into the tin after treatment ̶ as the chocolate threatened to melt at room temperature, treatment had to be carried out in short bursts between periods of cold storage.

And, as the Bovril Food Company also made Fluid Beef and Bovril enriched chocolate containing Albumen and Fibrine, maybe the taste was doubtful too.

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High Tea on the Icy Sea

July 12, 2016 - Antarctic Blog

By Ciarán Lavelle

They came from the North and they came prepared, well they came with everything they thought they needed, only stopping short of a kitchen sink. The men of the early exploration of the Antarctic continent were no doubt confident that they were going to have a cold time of it. And a good cup of tea and coffee was an essential to beat back the chill of the icy landscape. When it comes to tea the British know how to plan with a large collection of tea and coffee remaining in their original ration tins. The Cape Adare hut contains many fine examples of the hardwearing workman like iron-enamelled cups for everyday use from which the explorers imbibed this important heat infused nectar. These sturdy cups have suffered corrosion and enamel loss but still look much like they would have when their owners would have been huddled round drinking the steaming contents to the chorus penguin hoards nestled in the landscape around the small hut. The results of the removal of the iron corrosion and stabilisation of the cup before preparing for the cups return to the Antarctic climate can be seen in the pictures below.

The enamelled mug after conservation with the remains of the last cup of tea still visible in the mug.Antarctic Heritage Trust

The enamelled mug after conservation with the remains of the last cup of tea still visible in the mug.

Although drinking tea and coffee was no doubt a common place necessity this did not mean they couldn’t drink it in style. In the hut there can be found beautiful examples of fine bone china tea cups. Unfortunately the more fragile fine bone china mugs have not survived the trials and tribulations of the Antarctic environment as well as their metal cousins. This fine bone china mug came across our desk in multiple fragments leaving me with an inviting 3D jigsaw to reconstruct.

The bone china tea cup before conservation – an inviting 3D jigsaw and a challenge acceptedAntarctic Heritage Trust

The bone china tea cup before conservation – an inviting 3D jigsaw and a challenge accepted

The task of the conservation process is to reconstruct it so it can be reversed in the future if it is needed so great care is taken and deliberation is needed to decide on the best adhesive to use.

The bone china teacup after conservationAntarctic Heritage Trust

The bone china teacup after conservation

In the end we were able to bring back to life evidence of essential fine dining accompaniment. And as I look at the cup I can imagine a gruff beaded man in well-worn extreme weather clothing sitting in that small cramped candle lit hut sipping from the cup like a fine European gentle man, pinkie raised, enjoying a bit of high tea on his icy sea.

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Reinvigorating a City … and History

July 4, 2016 - Antarctic Blog

By Sue Bassett

Conserving artefacts from the early British Antarctic expedition huts whilst actually living in Antarctica is without doubt a unique, ultimately challenging and wonderful experience for any conservator. Truth be known, it’s life-changing.

The Trust’s current artefacts conservation team, working on the contents of the earliest and most remote British hut in Antarctica, is based in Christchurch. This is because it was logistically simpler to transport frozen artefacts from Antarctica’s Cape Adare to New Zealand for treatment, and then refreeze them and take them back. The Christchurch location offers the team a different set of opportunities, such as weekends to explore NZ’s spectacular South Island and a workplace in the centre of one of the biggest rebuilding projects in the Southern Hemisphere. Following the demolition of about 75 per cent of Christchurch’s CBD in the aftermath of the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes, the $40b rebuild of the city is now in full swing … on every street and on every corner, it seems.

As part of the inner city reinvigoration plan there is a Friday street-food market in Cathedral Square, alongside the tumbled ruins of the once majestic cathedral, so the team makes a point of going along for a coffee and a spot of lunch. We listen to the buskers and sometimes join the other clientele, mainly high-vis-clad construction workers and tradies, in reviving the community spirit with a leisurely round of quoits.

Quoits on a Friday in Christchurch’s Cathedral SquareAntarctic Heritage Trust

Quoits on a Friday in Christchurch’s Cathedral Square

And then it’s back to the lab to conserve … hang on … some century-old coffee, luncheon meat and quoits!  

Packets of historic coffee, 1899Antarctic Heritage Trust

Packets of historic coffee, 1899

 

Tin of historic preserved lunch tongues, before treatmentAntarctic Heritage Trust

Tin of historic preserved lunch tongues, before treatment

 

Handmade rope quoit, after treatmentAntarctic Heritage Trust

Handmade rope quoit, after treatment

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“It is in our nature to explore, to reach out to “It is in our nature to explore, to reach out to the unknown” – Shackleton

🌟 Today, we bid farewell and wish the best of luck to our incredible team of 22 young New Zealanders embarking on a journey to honour the legacy of one of the greatest explorers, Sir Ernest Shackleton. 🌟

Their expedition will take them from New Zealand to Santiago (Chile), then to Punta Arenas in Southern Chile, and finally to the Falkland Islands. From there, they'll board Antarctica21’s Magellan Explorer and set sail to South Georgia, a land rich in history and natural wonders.

We are thrilled to be able to share this expedition with you, as we honour the centenary year of Shackleton’s final expedition (the 'Quest'). Join us in wishing the Inspiring Explorers™ team good luck for their incredible journey! 🐧

Thanks to Inspiring Explorers™ Programme Partners, @MetServiceNZ and @RoyalSocietynz . Logistics provided by @antarctica_21 .

📸 The Trust’s Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team ready to depart Auckland airport ©AHT

For South Georgia Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ updates, follow the link in our bio
We are proud to partner with MetService on our Ins We are proud to partner with MetService on our Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ South Georgia to create an extraordinary opportunity for our Inspiring Explorers™ to delve into scientific outreach projects that touch on a range of subjects including climate change, meteorology, marine science, and polar history.

MetService Meteorologist and Inspiring Explorer, Kelly Davenport, will lead a science programme utilising MetService’s world-leading technology, including Mangōpare Temperature Sensors which take sub-surface ocean temperature profiles, to gather data and help achieve a deeper understanding of the area’s weather and ocean conditions.

One particularly exciting aspect will see our Inspiring Explorers™ take weather observations and create their own short-term weather forecast predictions using both modern and heroic-age techniques.

Our partnership with MetService sees our team working at the intersection of innovation and exploration, offering our Inspiring Explorers™ an unparalleled opportunity to make a lasting impact. The story they tell will connect climate change effects in the Deep South to impacted ocean and atmospheric circulations that lead to increasingly-severe weather around the globe. Stay tuned for updates! 🚀🔬🌏

🎥 Inspiring Explorers™ Kelly Davenport and Lawrence Rothwell testing MetService’s Mangōpare Temperature Sensors in Wellington harbour. © Coastguard New Zealand

Thanks to Coastguard New Zealand for enabling our Inspiring Explorers™ to test MetService’s Mangōpare Temperature Sensors before departing for South Georgia Island.

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❄️ Check out the first images of Scott's 'Terr ❄️ Check out the first images of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut at Cape Evans on Ross Island after the long winter! We are very happy to learn that it is in great shape with no damage inside or out.

This is one of five historic Antarctic explorer expedition bases that Antarctic Heritage Trust is proud to care for and was used by Captain Robert Falcon Scott on his British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition 1910-1913. Our team of conservators is busy putting together the final plans to return to Antarctica for the summer season of monitoring and maintenance of these important historic sites.

We are grateful to @Antarctica.nz for their support and for capturing these first images of the hut.

📸 Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut, September 2023. © Ed Anscombe/Antarctica New Zealand

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It’s almost time for the Inspiring Explorers Exp It’s almost time for the Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ – South Georgia to depart, so how are our Inspiring Explorers feeling about the upcoming expedition?

🌟 Lily Green shares her excitement, "As soon as the countdown hit 20 days, I realised it’s really going to happen, I’m about to set off on an adventure of a lifetime. I feel so grateful to have this opportunity and I can’t wait to take on every challenge, friendship, personal development, learning opportunity this trip throws at me."

🌿 Jenny Sahng adds her perspective, "Excited to be going straight from advocating for a safer climate future for New Zealand, to experiencing the ecosystems at the very front line of climate change - South Georgia! I feel energised to hear about how South Georgia's biodiversity was able to bounce back after decades of decimation due to whaling and sealing. Success stories like South Georgia are powerful for motivating the public to get involved in protecting the very environment that we all rely on. We can harness an explorer mindset to explore different ways of working together in local and global communities, in order to find collective, equitable solutions to the biggest challenge of the 21st century: climate change."

🌊 Kelly Davenport can't wait to get started on the science project, "I can't believe I'm heading to South Georgia so soon, it's really a trip of a lifetime! It's so exciting to be gathering ocean and meteorological data in such a remote and beautiful region. In our changing world we may not have the answers to the environmental concerns yet, however by gathering more data like what we are collecting in South Georgia we can gain a greater understanding of what is going on."

The Inspiring Explorers™ will participate together as a group, cruising in Zodiac boats, visiting king penguin rookeries, seal covered beaches, and the many important historic sites on the island, several of which are forever connected to the story of Sir Ernest Shackleton. They will live the explorer mindset, demonstrating curiosity, resilience, leadership, and teamwork along the way.

The team head away on their adventure in just two days!

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Antarctic Heritage Trust is bringing our fully imm Antarctic Heritage Trust is bringing our fully immersive Virtual Reality experience of Sir Edmund Hillary's Antarctic Hut to HB Memorial Library in Gisborne 🙌

Explore Sir Ed's hut through this ground-breaking VR experience and celebrate New Zealand's first presence in Antarctica. Don't miss out!���
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��Free for all ages 9 and up, no bookings required. Please allow 15 minutes for each VR session. See you there! 🌍🏔️❄️

10am to 4pm
Tuesday 26 - Friday 29 September
HB Williams Memorial Library, 34 Bright Street, Gisborne

��📸People experience VR ©AHT��

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