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Archive for category: News Story

Christmas at Cape Royds

January 10, 2023 - Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project News, Antarctic Blog, Conserve, News Story, Share
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Young New Zealand and Norwegian explorers complete epic journey to the South Pole

January 7, 2023 - Media Releases, News Story
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Announcing the Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ South Pole Team

August 1, 2022 - Inspiring Explorers’™ Updates – 2022, Inspiring Explorers™, Expedition Updates, Encourage, Inspiring Explorers' Expeditions™, Media Releases, News Story

The Inspiring Explorers ExpeditionTM team will leave in November 2022 and people can follow their journey online at nzaht.org.

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Calling all intrepid explorers, the South Pole is waiting!

July 11, 2022 - Inspiring Explorers’™ Updates – 2022, Inspiring Explorers™, Expedition Updates, Encourage, Inspiring Explorers' Expeditions™, Media Releases, News Story

Calling all intrepid explorers, the South Pole is waiting!

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Nigel Watson celebrated in the 2023 New Year Honours List

December 31, 2022 - Media Releases, News Story

Executive Director of the Antarctic Heritage Trust, Nigel Watson, has been awarded the prestigious New Zealand Antarctic medal in recognition of his services to Antarctic heritage preservation.

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Young change-makers channel the spirit of polar exploration

September 5, 2022 - Inspiring Explorers’™ Updates – 2022, Inspiring Explorers™, Expedition Updates, Encourage, Inspiring Explorers' Expeditions™, Media Releases, News Story

A team of six young New Zealanders have completed a gruelling 50km journey on skis through the Harris Mountains between Treble Cone and Coronet Peak.

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Antarctic artefacts return home after 60 years in the USA

August 23, 2022 - Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project News, Conserve, Media Releases, News Story, Scott's Hut, Cape Evans

Two historic Antarctic artefacts are on their way home after more than 60 years and a trip around the globe.

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“Thrilling and ground-breaking” – Antarctic Heritage Trust reacts to Endurance discovery

March 10, 2022 - Conserve, Media Releases, News Story, Shackleton's Hut
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Life at the South Pole today gives perspective on Antarctica’s heroic-era explorers

July 25, 2022 - Virtual Reality, Antarctic Blog, Conserve, News Story, Share

Life at the South Pole today gives perspective on Antarctica’s heroic-era explorers, by Sarah Bouckoms

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I Must Visit This Place

May 9, 2022 - Antarctic Blog, News Story, Share

A blog as part of a series written by our 2021/22 Digital Collections Team

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#OnThisDay in 1908, Shackleton, as part of the Bri #OnThisDay in 1908, Shackleton, as part of the British Antarctic 'Nimrod' Expedition 1907-09, established his base at Cape Royds on Ross Island.

Cape Royds was first discovered during Captain Robert Falcon Scott's British National 'Discovery' Expedition 1901-04, to which Shackleton was appointed third officer. It was named after Royal Navy Lieutenant Charles Royds, who acted as meteorologist on the expedition.

The 'Nimrod' expedition was the third British expedition to the Ross Sea region within 10 years. Aboard the 200 ton 'Nimrod' was a shore party of 14 men, 15 Manchurian ponies, nine dogs, an air-cooled four-cylinder 11kW (15 hp) motorcar, the new Arrol-Johnston and a specially designed hut prefabricated by Humphreys Limited of Knightsbridge in London in 1907. It was first assembled in London and the parts were marked for re-erection on site. The fact that the main part of the hut is still standing today is testament to their efforts and the skill of the designers.

📸 Shackleton's base at Cape Royds, Canterbury Museum.

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#OnThisDay in 1943, New Zealand born Commander Fra #OnThisDay in 1943, New Zealand born Commander Frank Arthur Worsley died just weeks before his 72nd birthday. He was honoured with a full naval funeral and his ashes were scattered at sea.

Worsley was born in Akaroa, New Zealand in February 1872. At age 15, Worsley wanted to pursue a life at sea and his first voyage took him from Lyttleton to London. In 1914, with nearly 27 years’ experience behind him, Sir Ernest Shackleton hired Worsley on the spot for his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-17) and made him captain of the expedition ship 'Endurance'.

During the expedition Shackleton and his men were forced to abandon ship in the Weddell Sea when 'Endurance' was crushed by surrounding ice floes. Worsley’s role in ensuring the survival of the men was crucial as he navigated their three lifeboats to Elephant Island, and subsequently their largest lifeboat, the 'James Caird', to South Georgia, 1300km away. This small boat expedition was ‘an astonishing feat of navigation’, Worsley managed to safely steer the 'James Caird' to South Georgia amongst strong winds and powerful currents with only four noon-sight recordings over the 16-day voyage. This journey is still referred to as one of the most heroic ocean voyages of all time and its success came solely down to Worsley’s navigation skills and unbreakable perseverance under the most difficult circumstances.

Worsley's second, and last, expedition to Antarctica was with Shackleton in 1921 as navigator and hydrographer on the expedition ship 'Quest'. It was on this voyage that Shackleton died in South Georgia on 5 January 1922. Worsley wrote and lectured on his Antarctic adventures for many years to come before his death.

📸 COMMANDER F. A. WORSLEY (INSCR. VERSO). PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN, C.1920. FRANK A. WORSLEY COLLECTION, AKAROA MUSEUM. DONATED BY PATRICK BAMFORD

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If you’re passing through Christchurch Airport t If you’re passing through Christchurch Airport take some time to step inside Sir Edmund Hillary’s Antarctic Hut with Antarctic Heritage Trust’s fully immersive virtual reality (VR) experience.

Explore the five rooms of Hillary's Hut and find out what life was like living in the world’s most extreme environment in the first building erected at New Zealand’s Scott Base in Antarctica in 1957.

You can find us at Christchurch Airport, Level One next to International Departures.

Wednesday 1 February - Friday 3 February 11am-4pm

Wednesday 8 February - Friday 10 February 11am-4pm

📸 VR experience © AHT

@autuni @autartanddesign @antarctica.nz @duluxnz @staples_vr @htcvive @christchurchairport

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Today marks another double #OnThisDay antarctic hi Today marks another double #OnThisDay antarctic history celebration!

#OTD in 1841, James Clark Ross discovered the largest ice shelf in the world! Ross called this 'The Barrier', often also referred to as the 'Great Ice Barrier', because it prevented Ross and his party from sailing further South. 112 years later, in January 1953, it's name was changed to the 'Ross Ice Shelf'.

Also, #OTD in 1908, during Shackleton's British Antarctic 'Nimrod' Expedition 1907-09, harsh conditions forced Shackleton to head for McMurdo Sound, despite his original plan to base himself elsewhere for the expedition.

📸 From left: James Clark Ross & Sir Ernest Shackleton, Public Domain.

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#OTD we celebrate two #antarcticexplorer birthdays #OTD we celebrate two #antarcticexplorer birthdays!

165 years ago #OTD Tannatt William Edgeworth David, Director of Scientific Staff on Shackleton's British Antarctic 'Nimrod' Expedition 1907-1909 was born. During the expedition David was also leader of the party to first climb Mount Erebus, and leader of the Western (South Magnetic Pole) Party.

144 years ago #OTD Hartley Travers Ferrar, scientist on Scott's British National 'Discovery' Expedition 1901-1904 was born. Ferrar was in charge of geology and sea-water analysis. His report on field geology was published in 1907 as part of Vol 1 (Geology) of the Discovery Expedition’s scientific results.

These Antarctic scientists lived and worked in the expedition huts at Hut Point and Cape Royds, Ross Island, the birthplace of science in Antarctica! Antarctic Heritage Trust is proud to look after this legacy on behalf of the international community.

📸 From left: Hartley Travers Ferrar, copyright unknown & Tannatt William Edgeworth David, 1898, photographer J.H. Newman.

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#OnThisDay in 1820 the first sighting of the Antar #OnThisDay in 1820 the first sighting of the Antarctic continent was made! It is now widely accepted that this first sighting was made by Captain Fabien Gottleib von Bellingshausen during a two year exploratory expedition to discover new lands for the Russian Empire. 

Bellingshausen was in command of two Russian ships, the 'Vostok' and 'Mirnyiunder', which were the first to have crossed the Antarctic Circle since Cook nearly 50 years earlier! Upon his return to Russia, Bellingshausen's claim was ignored and his accomplishment was hidden for decades by an incorrect translation of his journal that led historians to assume he hadn’t actually seen land. However, more recently, a closer analysis and better understanding of Bellingshausen's records show that he saw continent earlier than anyone else, three days in fact before the British naval officer Edward Bransfield sighted the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. 

📸 Captain Fabien Gottleib von Bellingshausen, Public Domain.

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If you’re passing through Christchurch Airport t If you’re passing through Christchurch Airport take some time to step inside Sir Edmund Hillary’s Antarctic Hut with Antarctic Heritage Trust’s fully immersive virtual reality (VR) experience.

Explore the five rooms of Hillary's Hut and find out what life was like living in the world’s most extreme environment in the first building erected at New Zealand’s Scott Base in Antarctica in 1957.

You can find us at Christchurch Airport, Level One next to International Departures.

Wednesday 25 January-Friday 27 January 11am-4pm

Wednesday 1 February - Friday 3 February 11am-4pm

Wednesday 8 February - Friday 10 February 11am-4pm

📸 VR experience © AHT

@autuni @autartanddesign @antarctica.nz @duluxnz @staples_vr @htcvive @christchurchairport

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#OnThisDay in 1986, the first dinosaur fossils wer #OnThisDay in 1986, the first dinosaur fossils were found in Antarctica!

70 million years ago, before the ice caps were formed, the 4m long herbivore, Antarctopelta Oliveroi, roamed the continent. Its name, Antarctopelta, means 'Antarctic shield' and like other ankylosaurs, A. oliveroi was a stocky, herbivorous quadruped protected by armored plates embedded in the skin. The dinosaur fossils were discovered by Argentine geologists Eduardo Olivero and Roberto Scasso on James Ross Island. 

📸 Antarctopelta Oliveroi © Alain Bénéteau

#OTD #inspire #explore #discover #conserve #Antarctica
If you’re passing through Christchurch Airport, If you’re passing through Christchurch Airport, take some time to step inside Sir Edmund Hillary’s Antarctic Hut with Antarctic Heritage Trust’s fully immersive virtual reality (VR) experience.

Explore the five rooms of Hillary's Hut and find out what life was like living in the world’s most extreme environment in the first building erected at New Zealand’s Scott Base in Antarctica in 1957.

You can find us at Christchurch Airport, Level One next to International Departures.

Wednesday 25 January-Friday 27 January 11am-4pm

Wednesday 1 February - Friday 3 February 11am-4pm

Wednesday 8 February - Friday 10 February 11am-4pm

📸 VR experience © AHT and Tim McPhee
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