This multi-million dollar adventure centre enables us to experience life and conditions in the coldest, driest and windiest land on earth.

  groups receive an exclusive lecture about living today on this amazing continent with lectures interactive displays, dioramas audiovisuals and actual experiences.  We meet the people who know the continent and help us understand its attractions and differences.

In just 1.5 hours you will gain an immense appreciation of this amazing and most important continent, its wildlife, industries and

Action Adventures
● Encounter real snow
● Clime into a snow cave
● Sit on a skidoo
● Feel a snow storm of -20 deg. 
● Enjoy the magnificent scenery via on a big screen movie
● Meet with real live penguins
● Ride in an exciting ice mobile (optional)
● Enjoy a big screen movie showing the sights
● Be challenged by a new 4D movie experience

Studies:
This experience lets us understand what New Zealand used to be like during the ice ages when glaciers were shaping the landscapes.

Studies Lecture
We take an exclusive lecture from an expert to learn about the region overall.  When time is available we may experience some of the cold weather clothing  as we learn about the extremes of this huge continent.     We learn about life in an Antarctic base, what it means to "winter over" we learn of the provisions needed for energy, industries, transport, food, water, waste management, equipment etc.

Seasons of the Antarctic
We experience an ingenious display of the changing seasons of summer and winter. This helps us understand the impact that seasonal changes impose on all living creatures.

Blizzard Adventure
Encounter  -20deg.C (wind chill) snow and storm winds. Now you know what it feel like when you see these conditions on TV and movies. Discover the factors that create these frequent storms.

Animal Studies  
Excellent AV's and live animal displays (live fish and penguins) help you understand the physiology, science and geography that enable the animals to thrive in extreme cold.

Special clothing
Learn how explorers keep warm with -50degC temperatures.  You learn action science of heat transfer and insulation.

Giant AV
They say photographs cannot really capture natures beauty but this hi-tech, movie presentation gets close. For 15 minutes enjoy a feast of superb images covering nature, geography and settlements in this most unbelievable place on our earth .

Ice mobile ride (usually optional)
See action   Science students see in action, the principals of flotation, weights and many engineering features to consider in the cold environment.  

Penguins
A large enclosure enables us to view these amazing animals both above the water and beneath even there are glimpses into their burrows.

Settlement Studies
We explore the special ways we need to adapt normal facilities to cope with the world's coldest and windiest environments.

Geography Studies
You learn to understand the causes and world wide ocean currents along with factors that support the theories of changes to the land since  Gondwanaland.  Other geography studies can include, glaciation, pack ice, Icebergs, geology, polar weather and meteorites.

Science Studies
Science students see many practical applications of heat conservation studies.  As mammals must maintain a high temperature to survive.  The hundreds of ways this is carried out by the many creatures there (including) humans will keep students busy.

Weather Studies
We find out why Antarctica is the windiest, coldest, driest, continent of the world.  MORE

Conservation Studies
By looking at the history and the application of environmental controls you will see the immense effort that has gone into protection of this vulnerable landmass and you see why efforts are being made to conserve other environments too.

Gift shop and restaurant
Here you can purchase hot food and a good selection of Antarctic souvenirs.

Human History
share the lives of inspiring explorers at the Canterbury Museum.

See also:
LINK - International Antarctic Centre
VIDEO  
VIDEO (clothing)  
VIDEO (ice room)  
VIDEO (ice mobile)