Days of Ice – Lyttelton Antarctic Heritage Walk
The 3.5 km guided walk starts at Albion Square, highlights the site of the new Lyttelton Museum, then down to the No 2 wharf and takes in Tug Lyttelton, contemporary Antarctic shipping and the iconic Dry Dock.
Days of Ice – Christchurch City Antarctic Walk
Come along and discover what makes Christchurch an Antarctic Gateway City from both the old voices and the new.
The New Zealand Antarctic Society invites you to
Webinar Series # 1 – Ice-olation
When: 11am, Sat 11 April, 2020
Where: online seminar, please click here to register for a webinar link.
This event will be live streamed only, due to current restrictions on public gatherings
The New Zealand Antarctic Society invites you register for a live webinar on:
the launch of the new wall map of Antarctica, for NZ schools
A partnership between the NZ Antarctic Society and LINZ
When: 6pm, Wed 25 March, 2020
To register your interest please fill in the RSVP at: https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/pages/event.aspx?eventid=9781
The New Zealand Antarctic Society – Wellington Branch invites you to
Fresh off the Ice
The annual event of science reports from the past season.
When: 6pm, Tue 17 March, 2020
Where: Cotton Building, Room 216, Kelburn Campus, Victoria University of Wellington
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Explore Wellington’s historic Antarctic connections with NZAS Wellington members.
Decemeber 1, 2019
Commencing 12.00pm for a walking tour from Karori Cemetery linking through the city completing at Frank Kidds Park
Each year The Explorers Club in New York runs a Polar Film Festival to showcase a diverse collection of feature films, documentaries and shorts about and from the Arctic and the Antarctic. Coordinator Sarah Bouckoms has selected eight of these for a two-hour screening on Wednesday, 25 September. The films explore the history and grandeur of the polar regions as well as the environmental challenges they are facing.
The New Zealand Antarctic Society – Wellington Branch, presents the closing an auction night of “Antarctica Uncovered”: an exhibition of personal photographs with a focus on how people interact with each other and the environment in Antarctica.
Bird Hall, Canterbury Museum, Rolleston Ave, Christchurch
Tim Naish is Professor in Earth Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington, and was Lead Author on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment Report.
In this national lecture series, Professor Naish will present two narratives on the future of Antarctica, looking forward 50 and 300 years: the first, in which greenhouse gas emissions remain unchecked; the other involving ambitious action to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
Auckland Branch
Wellington Branch
Canterbury Branch
