Sharing Antarctica with the world. Following PCAS 14/15 on their Antarctic adventures and beyond!!
02/09/2016
If you are in Christchurch next Thursday check this out!!
A great documentary on the imminent consequences of Climate Change are coming to our doors. Directed and produced by NZ Antarctic Society - Canterbury branch member, Dr Daniel Price, the movie 'Thirty Millions' will be screening free of charge.
When: 8th September, 2016
Time: 6.30 pm
Where: C3 Lecture Theatre, University of Canterbury (ChC)
We hope to see you all there!
23/08/2016
Help maintain a key part of Antarctic history
Today we launched a major fundraising drive (literally) to help raise a million dollars to save Sir Edmund Hillary's hut in Antarctica.
Find out more and donate online at expeditionsouth.nz
01/08/2016
Looks like this will be very cool!!
Continent 7: Antarctica | Trailer In this unprecedented new documentary series, a team of scientists and survival experts face the harshest conditions on Earth in order to conduct the cutting...
22/07/2016
A great way to learn more about and explore Antarctica
It really is countdown now - 10 days left to get an application in!
Application form is here: http://www.anta.canterbury.ac.nz/courses/gcas/entry.shtml
25/01/2016
A truly inspirational man. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35398552
Explorer Henry Worsley dies in Antarctic crossing - BBC News Explorer Henry Worsley dies during a solo attempt to cross Antarctica and complete the unfinished journey of his hero Sir Ernest Shackleton.
PCAS left this morning. The Hercules took a while to get away apparently due to soft snow which fell last night. They were lucky to get out as the weather has closed in and a couple of days of snow and wind are forecast.
28/12/2015
More visitors are arriving day by day and I don't mean the PCAS students (who arrived back on base today for the next 6 nights).
26/12/2015
Heading back from "room with a view" we stopped in at the PCAS camp. There were experiments underway to test snow density and temperature at various depths and observe the snow strata. They were in good spirits some 6 days out on the ice. A couple of them were hankering for a hot shower. They have creative kitchen enclosures, a latrine (bucket with a toilet seat) with a world-beating view of Mt Erebus out the "window", an endless supply of fresh air and underground sleeping quarters for 3. That's a lot of digging!
16/12/2015
Hi IceReachers.
I am Don taylor one of two New Zealand Antarctic Society vounteers at Scott base this summer. We have been here 5 days now. Like so many of you, coming here is a serious WOW moment. We have doen a lot so far including our field traing, a trip to Scott's Hut at cape Evans and a visit to two ice caves on the Erebus Glacier Tongue. The honeymoon is not over yet - we started work yesterday doing inventory control and sorting of stored equipemnt in the old hangar. There is a lot in there and it will be a few solid days to get through that task. I'll keep you posted - it's a pretty social place Scott Base. It's great to be contributing and seeing the continent and meeting so many interesting people.
Should be some interesting listening in here...
Fascinating oral history project capturing the history of British endeavour in the Antarctic... The British Antarctic Oral History Project is the result of collaboration between the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT), British Antarctic Survey (BAS), BAS Club and Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI). The project’s aim is to capture and preserve the recollections and memories of those extraord…