Title: Why Here? The context of Hobart's Antarctic visitors (2012 Phillip Law Memorial Lecture)
Speaker: Professor Patrick Quilty, AM
Date: Thursday 16 August 2012, 6:00PM
Venue: CCAMLR Headquarters, 181 Macquarie Street, Hobart
From
the earliest days of European settlement, Hobart in Southern Tasmania
has seen a long line of explorers and scientists depart for
Antarctica. Biscoe and Weddell, Dumont d’Urville, Ross,
Borchgrevink, Mawson and Amundsen all used Hobart as a jumping-off
point. The Australian Antarctic Division moved here in 1981,
confirming the city’s Antarctic culture and community. The
Antarctic connection is more important to Tasmania than ever before,
but what does the future hold?
Professor
Patrick Quilty, AM is a former Chief Scientist of the Australian
Antarctic Division, now Honorary Research Professor in Earth Sciences
at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) at the
University of Tasmania.
The Phillip Law Lecture honours the lifetime achievements of the first director of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE). Entry is open to the public and free, RSVPs not required.
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