Polar Pathways links:

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Maritime Museum of Tasmania
National Archives of Australia
Hadleys Hotel
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
State Library of Tasmania
CSIRO
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
Antarctic Research Centre
Australian Antarctic Division
Wooden Boat Centre

Polar Pathways Partners

Antarctic Tasmania
The Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre
The University of Tasmania
The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Further information and resources

Tasmanian Polar Network - The TPN is the pre-eminent supply and support network for the provision of cold region goods and service expertise in Tasmania

National Library of Australia - Historical images and resources

Classroom Antarctica - Comprehensive online classroom resources for students and teachers from the Australian Antarctic Division

COMNAP - Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs, the organisation in which the member National Antarctic Programs work together in support of effective, sustainable Antarctic expeditions and the success of the Antarctic Treaty System.

Antarctic Treaty System - The Antarctic Treaty System Secretariat

SCAR - Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research - SCAR is charged with the initiating, developing and coordinating high quality international scientific research in the Antarctic region, and on the role of the Antarctic region in the Earth system.

Events, festivals and exhibitions

Antarctic Tasmanian Midwinter Festival

Hobart's special connection with Antarctica goes back hundreds of years, and there's still a thriving link today that the Antarctic Midwinter Festival celebrates.

The Festival highlights the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration and heroes such as James Cook, Dumont d'Urville, Roald Amundsen and Douglas Mawson, and the part that Hobart played in their great Antarctic adventures.

The Festival is presented by the Tasmanian Antarctic community and explores the wide range of science undertaken in Antarctica and has a look behind the scenes to see how local companies supply, support and transport Antarctic expeditioners.

Events include open days, exhibitions, lectures and demonstrations all over the City of Hobart.

Islands to Ice - Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Islands to Ice is the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery’s new exhibition exploring the definitions, perceptions, mythology and motivations of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. It explores the places, the people, the creatures and the phenomena that make the great southern wilderness a world of its own. It is an invitation to journey south from Hobart across wild sapphire oceans to the crystal desert of the Antarctic.

Explorers - further information and resources

Links to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

James Clark Ross
Douglas Mawson
Carsten Borchgrevink
Jules Sebastian Cesar Dumont D'Urville
Tobias Furneaux
James Cook
Roald Amundsen
Sir John Franklin