New Zealand: Christchurch’s Canterbury Museum and Antarctic Exploration

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Explorers heading to Antarctica, including Shackleton and Scott, have used Lyttleton Harbor near Christchurch as their jumping off point to start their southern journeys. The Canterbury Museum has a large area devoted to their explorations, what they found and the things they took.

  • Base Camp
  • Sled
  • Sleds
  • Ship model
  • First vehicle to reach the South Pole
  • Tractor sign
  • Stuffed penguins
  • Stuffed seals
  • Ship model and tools
  • Storm Petrel
  • Adelie Penguin Rookery
  • Adelie Penguin Rookery
  • Sno-cat sign
  • Old sled
  • Ship model
  • Explorer artifacts

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