Antarctic voyage winner…
07 Feb 2012
During last year’s exhibition Scott’s Last Expedition, we ran a competition to win a trip for two to Antarctica with Orion Expeditions. We received over 6,000 entries over four months!
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Discover stories behind the latest exhibitions, fascinating explorations into maritime science and archaeology, and the surprising details of what happens inside (and outside) a modern working museum.
Designing the SIEV X memorial
29 Sep 2011
On 18 October 2001 a decrepit, overcrowded fishing boat embarked from Sumatra, Indonesia, carrying more than 400 asylum seekers who had fled Iraq and Afghanistan. It foundered the next day en route to the offshore Australian territory of Christmas Island, drowning 353 people – 146 children, 142 women and 65 men. The boat would come to be known as SIEV X (Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel Unknown).
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Pulley blocks from Cape Evans – Guest blog from the Antarctic Heritage Trust 3/3
09 Sep 2011
Author: John Kemister, Antarctic Heritage Trust NZ Conservator
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Antarctica’s first bicycle – Guest blog from the Antarctic Heritage Trust 2/3
26 Aug 2011
Author: Jane Hamill, Antarctic Heritage Trust NZ Winter Conservator
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Great Scott! The online debate
19 Aug 2011
Why did Amundsen survive and Scott perish? Was Scott really a failure? Who made the greater contribution in the Heroic Age of Antarctic discovery?
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Conservation in Antarctica – Guest Blog from Antarctic Heritage Trust 1/3
19 Aug 2011
Over the next few weeks we’ll be hearing from the Antarctic Heritage Trust NZ in celebration of the current exhibition at the museum Scott’s Last Expedition.
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Scott’s last expedition – now open
24 Jun 2011
Everyone here at the museum is extremely excited about our new winter exhibition Scott’s last expedition. This amazing exhibition takes over 600 square metres of our galleries and is filled to the brim with photographs, artefacts and specimens that document Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s famous expedition to the South Pole, where tragically he and four of his men lost their lives almost 100 years ago.
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