THIS WEATHER TOWER was built at an altitude of about 6500ft on the edge of the Annette Plateau, in Mount Cook National Park, during the week-end. It will help in observation of the weather in the area in the next few years as part of the project to build a cableway at Mount Cook. Three men, led by a director of the Mount Cook Cableways Investigation Company, Ltd, Mr N. D. Hardie, of Christchurch, built the tower, which has wind-reading, survey and other meteorological instruments. The others were Messrs P. Squires and G. Wills, from the University of Canterbury. The photograph shows Mr Squires completing the tower. On the left are the head of the Hooker Glacier and Mount Cook and on the right the head of the Tasman Glacier and Mount Elie de Beaumont.

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31615, 28 February 1968, Page 1

THIS WEATHER TOWER was built at an altitude of about 6500ft on the edge of the Annette Plateau, in Mount Cook National Park, during the week-end. It will help in observation of the weather in the area in the next few years as part of the project to build a cableway at Mount Cook. Three men, led by a director of the Mount Cook Cableways Investigation Company, Ltd, Mr N. D. Hardie, of Christchurch, built the tower, which has wind-reading, survey and other meteorological instruments. The others were Messrs P. Squires and G. Wills, from the University of Canterbury. The photograph shows Mr Squires completing the tower. On the left are the head of the Hooker Glacier and Mount Cook and on the right the head of the Tasman Glacier and Mount Elie de Beaumont.