Ruth MottramAnyone have any clue where I can get a measuring tape for sea ice in Europe? The only supplier I have found is the very lovely and friendly Kovacs, but they are US based and the cost and time for delivery are crazy.
I mean one like this:
Dr. 🏔️❄️🗺️📊🎨⛷️🧗🏻♂️🛶- head to a metal workshop and get some machined up. AAD made them in house, I'm pretty sure NPI had some made, although also bought from kovacs
- reach out to NPI or AWI or SLF and ask to borrow some?
if you buy tapes get metal core ones. they last longer.
also #hireme - I've done this stuff ... a lot.
ps: can also use use a thin cord as a "safety rope" on the brass toggle if you don't have many. Bit more cable management up top, can avoid broken tapes and sending the toggle to the sea floor. No impact on measurement.
@adamsteer we have made them before, but I like to have a spare - they are irritatingly prone to breaking after only a few seasons! The Safety chord is a good idea though, I hadn't thought of that for some reason...
@Ruth_Mottram every program using tapes and brass toggles for sea ice measurement has the same issue. A lot of shortened tapes and reattached toggles around!
...using a good technique to retrieve them helps a lot ;).