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Air New Zealand plane fuselage on Mt Erebus
Only one portion of the fuselage of the Air New Zealand DC-10 remained intact on the icy slopes of Mt Erebus.
Admiral Byrd's South Pole game
Board game based on the first Antarctic expedition (BAE1) of Admiral Byrd, consists of a map which follows Byrd on his trail by air, sea and land from Dunedin, New Zealand, to the South Pole avoiding the perils of icebergs, crevasses and blizzards along the route.Byrd used Dunedin as his New Zealand base during his first Antarctic expedition (BAE1) from 1928-1930. A memorial to Byrd, unveiled on 31 October 1967, stands overlooking the port of Dunedin in Unity Park, Mornington.
Departure of Shackleton's Antarctic expedition from Lyttleton, 1908
This silent footage shows explorer Ernest Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition, or Nimrod expedition, leaving from Lyttelton, the expedition's New Zealand base, on 1 January 1908. Includes footage of ponies and dogs which stayed on Quail Island prior to the expedition.The Nimrod expedition was to penetrate the farther south than any previous trips to the Antarctic, getting within 160 km of the Pole. The expedition received significant support from the New Zealand government and the public.
RNZAF Antarctic Flight
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver aircraft from the RNZAF Antarctic Flight on display at the Air Force Museum in Christchurch, 2008.
Sir Paul Reeves in Antarctica, 1986
Sir Paul Reeves, Governor-General of New Zealand (R) and Colonel Thomas W. Wood, United States Air Attaché to the U. S. Embassy, Wellington, New Zealand (L), stand at the South Pole Station on December 3, 1986
Koru capsule on Mt Erebus
A 26-kg koru-shaped capsule located beside the Erebus disaster memorial cross on Mt Erebus.
New Zealand's interest in Antarctica
What has motivated New Zealand's involvement in the Antarctic?
NZ helicopters on Antarctica
Helicopters (NZ) on Antarctica
Robert Scott memorial boulder
Memorial to Robert Falcon Scott in the Queenstown Gardens
November 1979 Antarctic flights
A brochure released by Air New Zealand for the November 1979 Antarctic flights
Beverley Price memorial track
he Beverley Price memorial track near Puhoehoe
Diary of Clarence Hare, steward on Antarctic expedition
Extract from diary of Clarence Hare
Robert Scott's ships in Antarctica painting
Painting showing Robert Scott's ships Terra Nova and Morning relieve the ice-bound Discovery, McMurdo Sound, ca 1911.
Scott Base in Antarctica
Scott Base on Antarcticain 2006
Sites of shared Antarctic and NZ significance
View Antarctic sites of significance in NZ in a larger map Click on map to zoom in and explore the memorials and places indicated. This map looks even better in Google Earth: Launch in Google Earth (don't have Google Earth? - download it here) Antarctic sites of significance in NZ About this map This map is not comprehensive. Some buildings, memorials or gravesites referred to may also have been demolished or relocated.
Erebus disaster memorial window at St Stephen's
Erebus disaster memorial window in St Stephen's Church, Whangaparaoa.
Erebus disaster memorial windows at St Matthew's
Memorial plaque and windows in St Matthew in the City Church, Auckland, dedicated to those who died in the Mt Erebus disaster.
Erebus disaster memorial at Auckland Airport
Memorial plaque and gardens dedicated to the crew and attendants who died in the Erebus disaster.
Erebus disaster memorial at Waikumete Cemetery
The memorial to victims of the Mt Erebus disaster at Waikumete Cemetery in Auckland.
New Zealand Antarctic Society 50th anniversary
The New Zealand Antarctic Society (NZAS) was established in 1933 with the aim of bringing together people interested in Antarctica. It continues along much the same lines today.

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