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Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958). Ross Sea Committee :Commemorating the first Trans-Antarctic Crossing 1957-8 [First day cover, 20 January 1958]

Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958). Ross Sea Committee :Commemorating the first Trans-Antarctic Crossing 1957-8 [First day cover, 20 January 1958]

First day envelope shows on the front an illustration of two men (presumably Edmund Hillary and Vivian Fuchs) shaking hands in a snowy landscape. They stand beside a sled dog team, and a caterpilla...

Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :[Iceberg and ship; Iceberg; Two icebergs. 1840s?]

Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :[Iceberg and ship; Iceberg; Two icebergs. 1840s?]

Three views featuring icebergs in the Antarctic Region. The top image shows a sailing ship beside an iceberg. Page 53 and 55 are on a single spread. Quantity: 3 watercolour(s). Physical Descript...

- Antarctica and New Zealand

NZ and Antarctica share a long and rich history. From Tuati in 1839 to Edmund Hillary in the 1950s and more recent scientists, Kiwis have explored, examined and endured the frozen continent.

Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :[Key visits Antarctica] 19 January 2013

Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :[Key visits Antarctica] 19 January 2013

Shows John Key standing on an Antarctic iceberg, which is mostly submerged. A figure behind him says, 'Fantastic! The 10% on the surface looks great! It's the 90% underneath that can be dodgy!' An...

Thalassoica antarctica

Thalassoica antarctica

$500,000 to research Antarctic ice warming

A major research project will try and figure out what warming weather means for Antarctic ice, and what effect it will have on New Zealand's climate.

Bases, Scott Base, Exterior

Sir Edmund Hillary. 11 January, 2008

Sir Edmund Hillary. 11 January, 2008

Caricature of Sir Edmund Hillary, smiling beside an image of Mount Everest with a New Zealand flag planted on its summit. Sir Edmund Hillary died on this day, 11 January, 2008 aged 88. Quantity: 1...

First Thai Royal Visit to Antarctica

First Thai Royal Visit to Antarctica

First Thai Royal Visit to Antarctica| Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand arrived in Antarctica on Friday (19 November 1993) for a four day visit to Scott Base and the New Zealand Antarctic...

Pygoscelis antarctica

Pygoscelis antarctica

"If we reach New Zealand, tell them we have been brought in as seasonal fruit pickers." 6 November, 2006

"If we reach New Zealand, tell them we have been brought in as seasonal fruit pickers." 6 November, 2006

Two penguins are standing on an iceberg chatting. Nearby are two other icebergs. One of the penguins says to the other that if they get to New Zealand they should say that they have been brought in...

Antarctica and global climate change

The Earth’s climate is always changing, but the changes are usually very slow – typically taking hundreds to thousands of years. Natural processes such as variations in the Earth’s orbit, solar ene...

Antarctic Polar Medal: Robert Falcon Scott, With Two Bars

Antarctic Polar Medal: Robert Falcon Scott, With Two Bars

One silver Antarctic Polar Medal with Bar, 1902-1904, engraved 'Commander R. F. Scott, Discovery'. Until 1904 service in polar regions was recognised by the award of the Arctic Medal. With the com...

Pole to Paris ride pushes climate change warning

Pole to Paris ride pushes climate change warning

A University of Canterbury PhD Graduate is 2000 kilometres into a bike ride from Antarctica to Paris to raise awareness on climate change.

ANIMAL LIFE IN ANTARCTICA. (Otago Daily Times 1-5-1912)

ANIMAL LIFE IN ANTARCTICA. (Otago Daily Times 1-5-1912)

Untitled (Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica)

Untitled (Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica)

Purchased 2014 DVD, looped running time 4 minutes, 30 seconds 2014/086 2005 ...

Scott's Expedition Leaving for Antarctica - 1901

Scott's Expedition Leaving for Antarctica - 1901

While it was hailed on its return to Britain in 1904 as a triumph both for scientific research and geographical exploration, Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Discovery Antarctic Expedition had an inau...

Huge Antarctic glacier melting

New aerial ice studies have given scientists an unprecedented insight into how one of the world's largest glaciers is melting.

THE HERO OF ANTARCTICA. (Mataura Ensign 16-6-1909)

THE HERO OF ANTARCTICA. (Mataura Ensign 16-6-1909)

The Minister of Marine (Mr McAlpine) wearing padded clothing for a visit to Antarctica

The Minister of Marine (Mr McAlpine) wearing padded clothing for a visit to Antarctica

Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5...

Large jellyfish (Diplulmaris antarctica) at Cape Armitage.

Large jellyfish (Diplulmaris antarctica) at Cape Armitage.

p Large jellyfish (Diplulmaris antarctica) at Cape Armitage.nbsp;/p p These jellyfish are relatively numerous in McMurdo during Spring./p p K068 An Integrated Approach to Understanding the effects ...

Ice just right for emperor penguins - study

Not too cold, just perfectly freezing, is how emperor penguins like conditions in Antarctica, researchers say.

British Antarctic Territory Stamp 20p 1972

British Antarctic Territory Stamp 20p 1972

British Antarctic Territory Stamp 20p 1972 featuring Sir Ernest Shackleton and the 'Quest'

Antarctic Prelude (1956)

Antarctic Prelude (1956)

The sealing ship Theron, with members of the Antarctic Expedition on board, sails into the ice-fields of Antarctica and, after being jammed in for many weeks, finally breaks free and batters her wa...

Hallet Bay, Antarctica

Hallet Bay, Antarctica

Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctica

Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctica

Purchased 2006 Photograph 840 x 985mm 2006/023 2005 ...

Norwegian whaler, Ross Sea, Antarctica

Norwegian whaler, Ross Sea, Antarctica

A flenser, whose job it was to cut up whales, poses for the photographer. In the background is one of the ‘whale-chasers’ – ships that hunted down the whales. Over eight summers in the 1920s and 19...

Thoughts On Ice: an Exhibition by Neil Dawson

Thoughts On Ice: an Exhibition by Neil Dawson

p #39;Thoughts on Ice#39;, was an exhibition of artist Neil Dawson#39;s worknbsp;inspired bynbsp;his trip to Antarctica in the 06/07 season/p p K236 Invited Artist Programme/p

Nigel Brown; All Black and White (Ponting)

Nigel Brown; All Black and White (Ponting)

Nigel Brown; All Black and White (Ponting)

Painting by Nigel Brown: Blue Survival

Painting by Nigel Brown: Blue Survival

Painting by Nigel Brown: Blue Survival

Herbert George Ponting and cinematograph, Antarctica

Herbert George Ponting and cinematograph, Antarctica

Self portrait of Herbert George Ponting and cinematograph, January 1912, taken during the British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913). Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image: 514. H ...

Bunk beds, Antarctica

Bunk beds, Antarctica

Bunk beds belonging to Bowers, Cherry-Garrard, Oates, Meares and Atkinson. Photograph taken by Herbert Ponting, 9 October, 1911, during the British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition of 1910-1913....

Dr Wilson and pony Nobby, Antarctica

Dr Wilson and pony Nobby, Antarctica

Dr Wilson and pony Nobby during the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1913. Photograph taken by Herbert George Ponting in October 1911. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image: 355. Dr Wilson...

One mans daily sledging food ration, Antarctica

One mans daily sledging food ration, Antarctica

One mans daily sledging ration of food during the British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition of 1910-1913, including sugar and tea. Photograph taken circa January 1912, by Herbert Ponting. Inscri...

Thomas Crean and Petty Officer Evans mending sleeping bags, Antarctica

Thomas Crean and Petty Officer Evans mending sleeping bags, Antarctica

Thomas Crean (on left) and Petty Officer Evans (on right) mending sleeping bags. Taken by Herbert George Ponting on 16 May 1911 during British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913). Insc...

One Hundred and Forty Days Under the World

One Hundred and Forty Days Under the World

New Zealand’s Antarctic presence is still in its infancy as this striking Academy Award-nominated NFU documentary chronicles the six month polar summer of 1963/64. Sled teams pulled by teams of hus...

Emperors of Antarctica

Emperors of Antarctica

This film tells the story of Antarctica’s emperor penguin (the inspiration behind Happy Feet) and how they survive vicious blizzards and -50°C temperatures. It also retraces the epic “worst journey...

Front of Scott Base

Front of Scott Base

Front of Scott Base, 'K' Hut and Garage

p Small ice lake with sun reflecting off partly melted ice. Hills and clouds in distance. Big blue sky./p p K053 Ice shelf sensitivity and change/p

Mt Erebus glows across the Ross Ice Shelf. The area was first seen by the 1840–41 British expedition led by James Clark Ross after they forced their way through pack ice, crossed the Ross Sea, and ...

Plaque in Four Languages near Shackleton's Hut

Plaque in Four Languages near Shackleton's Hut

Plaque in Four Languages near Shackleton's Hut. English, French, Spanish, and Russian.

The Great Achievement

The Great Achievement

This half-hour film from 1958 documents New Zealanders in Antarctica: researching International Geophysical Year, and supporting the Trans-Antarctic Expedition by laying supply depots for Vivian Fu...