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Artists To Antarctica
The Artists to Antarctica programme, also known as the Antarctica New Zealand Arts Fellowship and the Invited Artists Programme Antarctic Arts Fellows, was a community engagement programme run by Antarctica New Zealand, the government agency conducting New Zealand's activities in Antarctica. From the 2014/15 season, this program was replaced by The Antarctica New Zealand Community Engagement Programme. Recipients of Antarctica New Zealand Arts Fellowship under the Artists to Antarctica Programme and the Invited Artists Programme include: Also see: * Antarctic Artists and Writers Program References New Zealand literary awards Arts organisations based in New Zealand {{NewZealand-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antarctica New Zealand
Antarctica New Zealand is an Institute set up by the Government of New Zealand in 1996 to manage its interests in Antarctica and the Ross Sea. As well as providing logistics support to a large scientific programme, it also runs bases such as Scott Base. It has run other bases in the past, such as Vanda Station. New Zealand's involvement in Antarctica began in 1923, when activities were closely connected with the United Kingdom. Close cooperation with other nations has been an important part of New Zealand's involvement in Antarctica. Since 1959 Scott Base has been New Zealand's permanent base in Antarctica. From 1965 to 1988 the person responsible for much of Scott Base development as head of the Antarctic Division of the DSIR was Bob Thomson A 1994 review recognised Antarctica as strategically important to New Zealand as a Southern Hemisphere nation. This resulted in the establishment of the New Zealand Antarctic Institute, known as Antarctica New Zealand, on 1 July 1996. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
