It’s less than 200 years since people first stepped foot onto Antarctica. Explore this timeline to see some key dates in the early discoveries of this icy continent. Until 1780 – Terra Australis ...
The main current in the Southern Ocean is the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), which flows from west to east, all the way around Antarctica. The ACC is the biggest current in the world and ...
During winter, the average temperature in the South Pole is -60C, but in the North Pole it is -30C. Why is there such a difference? Three factors come together, resulting in the cold world we ...
In this activity, students look at what happens when hot and cold water meet. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: discuss how temperature affects the density of water discuss ...
In this activity, students explore data on air and sea temperature and wind speed from Tangaroa’s 8-week voyage to Antarctica. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: make graphs ...
In this activity, students build simple models to demonstrate the differing impacts of melting land ice and sea ice on sea level rise. Although this activity uses climate change and sea level ...
Weddell seals and orca are among the top predators in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica, and more than half of the Weddell seal population can be found in the Ross Sea. Information about changes ...
Help scientists establish valuable baseline data about the numbers, locations, habits and health of penguins in a range of Southern Ocean sites. This information will enable better understanding ...
Antarctica’s crabeater seals are the focus of an international study led by the University of Canterbury. The aim is to understand potential environmental and social impacts on one of the ...
Climate change is one of the world’s big issues. It is also a big topic to tackle in the classroom. The Hub’s planning pathways interactive suggests ways in which climate change can be broken ...
About 14,000 earthquakes are recorded in and around New Zealand every year. Canterbury’s 7.1 and Kaikōura's 7.8 magnitude earthquakes and subsequent aftershocks show the constant threat ...
Children’s involvement in science is increased when they have an opportunity to make decisions about science-based issues that have consequences for their lives. It’s bringing science into the ...
To keep Antarctica as pristine as possible all impacts from human presence have to be kept to an absolute minimum, this includes human wastes. The field camp has an out-doors toilet that consists ...
Dr Mike Williams from NIWA explains what effect the iceberg B15 had on the penguin colony nearby when it blocked the inlet to McMurdo Sound.
Dr Mike Williams from NIWA explains why studying the iceberg B15 was important and what scientists were able to learn from its movement and the impact it had on the environment around it.
This short slideshow shows some of the animals found in the Antarctic benthic zone.
Lime, produced by calcining limestone, plays a key role in a multitude of industrial, manufacturing and agricultural processes. This interactive outlines the process steps taken at the McDonald’s ...
Choose the best methods for finding the absolute dates of different rock layers. You will need the Adobe Flash Player to view this.
