# Sled Dog / New Zealand Antarctic Society, a plaque of Lyttelton A plaque of the city, standing at Sled Dog in Lyttelton, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > Sled Dog / New Zealand Antarctic Society / Sculptor – Mark Whyte 2010 / This statue celebrates the contribution of Lyttelton to exploration in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. / The Sled Dog symbolises the courage, commitment and comradeship of all those involved in this continuing endeavour. The surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. - The ground: [Sled Dog](https://www.chch.live/memorial/sled-dog), the memorial it stands on - The suburb: [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton) - The year the register carries: 2016 - Rides on: other - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20190909/Plaque090994/Plaque090994.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming Sled Dog / New Zealand Antarctic Society](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Sled%20Dog%20%2F%20New%20Zealand%20Antarctic%20Society) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Sled%20Dog%20%2F%20New%20Zealand%20Antarctic%20Society) - [Sled Dog](https://www.chch.live/memorial/sled-dog), the ground’s own page - [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton), the suburb it stands in A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts. ## The ground under it - [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Ōhinehou - [The plan zones this ground Transport](https://www.chch.live/zones), T - [The rockfall survey counts 1 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 0 came down - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 6 February 2012 · ~250 m from the pin · 379 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.60249&lon=172.72058&radius=250 ## Around it - [Albion Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1579-albion-square), botanic park · under 150 m - [Sutton Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1187-sutton-reserve), botanic park · ~200 m - [Walk and bike track through Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-168-lyttelton), track · ~550 m - [Walk and bike track through Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-163-heathcote-valley), track · 1.4 km - [‘ohinehou’ / This Carving Represents ‘hinehouroko’](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310890-sutton-reserve), plaque · ~200 m - [In Memory](https://www.chch.live/plaque/486-captain-john-parsons-memorial), plaque · ~200 m - [J. C. Grubb Mayor S. R. Webb Ex-Mayor Chairman Fire](https://www.chch.live/plaque/599-sumner-road-gardens), plaque · ~200 m - [Erected to Commemorate Coronation of King Edward VII August](https://www.chch.live/plaque/602-sumner-road-gardens), plaque · ~200 m ## The reports nearby 1,580 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9075414), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9063671), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9060214), 44–78 London St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9052334), [17 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/17-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9033390), [5C Norwich Quay, Banks Peninsula, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/5c-norwich-quay) - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/9022230), [7 Dublin Street, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/7-dublin-street) - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/9019163), [26 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/26-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9005341), [2 London Street, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/2-london-street) - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/9001841), [14 Canterbury St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/14-canterbury-street) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8979409), [7 Dublin St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/7-dublin-street) - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8978315), [25 Canterbury Street, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/25-canterbury-street) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8955564), [2 London Street, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/2-london-street) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Sled Dog in [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton), one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. **What does it say?** The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the other. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. **Is the plaque still standing?** The register marks it in service, commissioned 2016. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position. --- Christchurch City Council open data, the Furniture service’s Plaque layer. The inscription is the surveyor’s transcription; "In Service" is the books, not a promise the plaque still reads clean. The pin is the record’s position. The roll: https://www.chch.live/plaques · the record as data: https://www.chch.live/plaques.json · this plaque’s page: https://www.chch.live/plaque/310888-sled-dog