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.
@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 ;).