Frozen Witness: Aurora's Polar Voyages
Highlights
- Explore the rich history of SY Aurora, uncovering tales of early Australian expeditions to Antarctica.
- Discover evocative objects and images from renowned collections, bringing the icy past to life.
- Engage with the remarkable story of a wooden vessel navigating the harsh polar environment.
- Admire the surviving lifebuoy, a tangible link to the adventurous spirit of early explorers.
Voyage back in time to the early stories of Australians in Antarctica through the journeys of SY Aurora, an Arctic whaler/sealer turned exploring vessel. This small exhibition features Aurora’s Arctic years under Captain James Fairweather and in Antarctica, the expeditions of Sir Douglas Mawson and Sir Ernest Shackleton through the remarkable story of a wooden vessel pitched into the icy unknown.
This small exhibition includes the surviving lifebuoy and a selection of evocative objects and images from the National Maritime Collection, and other public collections, including Museums Victoria, Royal Australian Navy Heritage Collections, Canterbury Museum and the Maritime History Archive at the Memorial University of Newfoundland as well as early vision from the National Film and Sound Archive.
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- Next occurrence: reoccurring
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