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COVER : Kayaks may not look much of a match for ice, but remember that the slim craft originated with Arctic Inuit. In the summer of 2000/2001 three New Zealand paddlers too their fibreglass boats into Antarctic waters, pushing as far south as the Antarctic Circle;
CONTENTS - Features : SOUTH BY KAYAK [Three New Zealanders paddle along the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula as far as the Antarctic Circle - 800km of ice, desolation and hardship, with almost nowhere to land]; WAITAKI : WATER OF TEARS, RIVER OF POWER [Draining a large section of the Southern Alps, including Aoraki / Mt Cook, is the Waitaki, one of our mightiest rivers. Electricity, irrigation and recreation are three benefits derived from its waters]; PACIFIC DREAMING [Why did explorers descend on the Pacific in the latter part of the 18th century, and what did they find that aroused such a lasting fascination with the region back home in Europe]; BOOTCAMP : WAIOURU’S “‘WINTER BASIC” [Images of young people becoming soldiers during a basic training camp at Waiouru];
CONTENTS - Departments : GEONEWS [New Zealand awash; ancient dung; new parakeet]; BOOKS [Shorebirds; lighthouse keeper’s wife]; WEATHER [the outlook on the net]; COMING UP [What’s in store];