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South Island field team environmental technician Hamish Sutton working on the Upper Rakaia remote Snow and Ice Automatic Weather Station at the head of the Rakaia River valley
Alec Dempster, NIWA

South Island field team environmental technician Hamish Sutton working on the Upper Rakaia remote Snow and Ice Automatic Weather Station at the head of the Rakaia River valley.