Tasmania's State Library at 91 Murray Street possesses a wealth of material on Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

The library's Allport Collection contains some wonderful material - paintings, photographs, silver and ceramic ware and rare books - from Dumont D'Urville's French Antarctic Expedition of 1837 to 1840, from the collection of Henry Allport. Much of the collection can be viewed online at statelibrary.tas.gov.au. The Allport Library is open on business days and on the last Saturday of each month.

The Crowther and Tasmaniana Libraries both have excellent material on Tasmanian-based sealing, whaling and Antarctic expeditions, including books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, artworks and objects. The Crowther collection is named after Tasmanian surgeon, politician and shipowner Dr William Crowther (1817-1885), and is open on business days.

If you have a fast broadband internet connection, you can also view the media-rich version of this Pathways site, which includes an audio narrative and slideshow.