Gateway to Antarctica

Item

Title

Gateway to Antarctica

Description

Expeditions into Antarctica accelerated in the 1950s, and in 1960 biologist Bernard Stonehouse joined UC. He established the Antarctic Biological Science unit and Antarctic research progressed at a much larger scale from the 1990s.

Today, Gateway Antarctica (opened in May 2000) is a vibrant transdisciplinary research centre with a vision to:

• improve understanding of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
• support more effective management of the fragile ecosystem
• be a focal point and catalyst for Antarctic scholarship

Date

January 1, 1950

Rights

Rack, U. Photograph of Antarctic research station, 2015. Author's personal collection.

Item sets

Antarctica