These information sheets provide detail on a range of topics. When referring to these sheets please acknowledge this website.

ANIMALS

Penguins

Seals
Whales

ENVIRONMENTAL

Environment
Environmental Agreements and Laws

Mining

HISTORICAL

Apsley Cherry-Garrard (pdf 84kb)

Mawson
Oates (pdf 109kb)

Ross Dependency (pdf 80kb)

Terra Nova Expedition (pdf 89kb)

TOURISM

Tourism in Antarctica (pdf 164kb)

MANAGEMENT

Antarctic Treaty (pdf 483kb)   
Antarctica and New Zealand (pdf 84kb)

ACRONYMS

Antarctic Acronyms (pdf

SCIENCE

Adaptation to the cold (pdf 49kb) 
Antarctica as a global barometer (pdf 56kb)

Connections between Antarctica and New Zealand (pdf 55kb)

Human Influences in and on Antarctica (pdf 50kb) 
Life in extreme environments
Ice and rock (pdf 94kb)

The Southern Ocean (pdf 58kb)

SCOTT BASE

General Information (pdf 77 kb)

Life at Scott Base (pdf 68kb)