IceReach

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!!

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 during a solo attempt to cross Antarctica and complete the unfinished journey of his hero Sir Ernest Shackleton.

03/01/2016

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.

02/12/2015

Should be some interesting listening in here...

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…

14/11/2015

Cool opportunity for all those budding tradies out there http://antarcticanz.govt.nz/about-us/news/558-apprent-ice

21/10/2015

Peter Beggs CEO at TEDx ChCh in 2014. A call to arms for NZ

http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/The-huge-potential-of-a-small-c

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. New Zealand is a small country, and its actions on climate change -- or lack thereof -- can be regarded...

21/10/2015

Great article about the lost Antarctic negatives...

While restoring one of the exploration huts in Antarctica, Conservators of the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust discovered a box that turned out to be a remarkable treasure. It contained 22 never-before-seen cellulose nitrate negatives documenting the life of Antarctic explorers a 100 years back…

20/10/2015

Lets hope its 5th time lucky for Ross Sea Marine Protected Area

Proposal to create an enormous marine sanctuary off the Antarctic coast to be considered.

19/10/2015

Modelling the effects of climate change on Antarctic Ice Shelves. we all need to listen to and act on!!

A major climate change study published in the journal Nature today says if the world misses a crucial global warming target sea levels will rise much more than previously thought

18/10/2015

Almost 60 years after Scott Base was built. One of Ed Hillary's team is completing his memoirs

Physicist recalls his year in Antarctica with Hillary preparing for 1958 Trans-Antarctic expedition.

17/10/2015

From diplomacy to science, Peter Beggs on his first 2 years as CEO Antarctica New Zealand! Interesting insight at the NZ Antarctic Society AGM

16/10/2015

Not content with travelling to the Ice for 4 weeks glaciology work next month. Our very own Marcus John has been awarded an Enderby Trust scholarship to visit the sub-Antarctic islands in January. Go Marcus!!

Looking forward to more great photos at http://marcusjohn.smugmug.com/


http://www.heritage-expeditions.com/trip/radiolive-subantarctic-special-subantarctic-islands-focus-2-jan-2016/

This summer explore New Zealand's Subantarctic Islands - Campbell Island, the Snares and Auckland Islands.