This year’s Sir Holmes Miller Memorial Lecture recognises a different style of Antarctic pioneering – the application of physics to understanding sea ice, a critical feature of the Antarctic cryosphere and climate system. Tim Haskell has been engaged in New Zealand’s internationally known sea ice programme since its inception over 40 years ago and will reflect on its history and future, with some asides on the way. We hope you can join us. All welcome!
Auckland Antarctic Science MeetUp
6pm Wed 14 August 2019
How to locate the grounding line, where the West Antarctic Ice Sheet starts to float, and become the Ross Ice Shelf? – explosives and hot-water drilling at the Siple Coast!
New Zealand Antarctic Society, Wellington
6pm Tues 23 July 2019
The future of the Antarctic Ice Sheet is closely linked to the stability of the floating ice shelves that surround it, and these are susceptible to melting by the ocean. So what’s going on with the Ross Ice Shelf?
Auckland Antarctic Science MeetUp
6pm Mon 22 July 2019
The floating Ross Ice Shelf is the size of Spain, the dark ocean cavity beneath is a blind spot in the global ocean system. The 4 year ROSETTA-Ice project set out to survey what lay beneath the ice.
Auckland Antarctic Science MeetUp
6pm Thurs 1 August 2019
Speakers:
Two young Kiwi science students share powerful anecdotes and life changing experiences, from their respective first seasons in Antarctica last summer.
NZ Antarctic Society with NIWA, Victoria & Canterbury Universities
11am – 3pm, Sat 10 August 2019
Drop in to Miramar Central School Hall anytime between 11 am and 3 pm to ask your questions of more than twenty NZ Antarctic experts, representing NIWA, Victoria University of Wellington, and Canterbury University! This is a kid-friendly day where you can participate in hands-on activities, and listen to short talks on a range of topics. You can put up a polar tent, try on real Antarctic clothing, read climate from a seafloor sediment core, and see a real desiccated penguin!
Auckland Antarctic Science MeetUp
6pm Thurs 29 August 2019
Aurora are one of nature’s wonders, caused by processes which start on the Sun 150 million km from Earth. How do these magnificent displays form in the polar night sky? Learn the science behind the aurora, and check out what’s happening in the skies above Scott Base, as we cross live to Antarctica.
Canterbury Antarcticans
Mid Winter Event
June 29, 2019
On behalf of the Wellington Branch of the NZ Antarctic Society the Chair and Committee have pleasure in inviting you and your family to join us in celebrating Mid Winter 2019.
Auckland Branch
Wellington Branch
Canterbury Branch
