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.
This talk is designed to satisfy the curiosity of Antarcticans about the work of an interloper in their domain – a person with the audacity suggest that their motivation as individuals, and their behaviour in isolated groups, might be as crucial to successful outcomes as many of the other factors with which they have to contend.
This is our first Wellington-based event of the year, with four talks from last season’s research on sea ice formation, the crustal transition between East and West Antarctica, in support of the new Ross Sea Marine Protected Area, and first deep-sea drilling in the Amundsen Sea region of West Antarctica. We’ll conclude with a 10 minute overview of Antarctic drilling produced after last year’s Ross Sea drilling.
How the Antarctic Ice Sheet formed, then waxed and waned over the last 30 million years – secrets revealed from the drilling programs, 1973 to today.
Sentinels in the Southern Ocean, the Subantarctic Islands are the stage ships wrecks and despair, exploration and life in new lands that are rich in biodiverisity above and below the sea.
Auckland Branch
Wellington Branch
Canterbury Branch
