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Saturday 13 October 2007
2.30 pm
Admission Free
Where: Our City O-Tautahi, cnr Oxford Tce and Worcester Blvd, Christchurch
Operation Antarctica can find New Zealand Defence Force providing logistic support in temperatures as cold as -70ºC. Find out why LTCOL Chuck Dowdell would go back at the drop of a balaclava.
Large scale preparations at Harewood, Christchurch from September each year are just the beginning of New Zealand Defence Force's role in Antarctica. In a location where people experience sensory deprivation such as a reduced sense of smell and colours to the sensory overload of light, and freezing temperatures, New Zealand's service personnel carry out vital support tasks in conditions where simple tasks like tying your bootlaces becomes a major challenge.
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