Red Space Rocket

Antarctica by Chris&Steve

These resources should provide some starting information for the Year Nine Antarctica and Conservation assignment.

What is conservation?

Sustainable use, preservation, and restoration are ways we can conserve the natural and cultural environment. A conservation project can use one, two, or all three of these methods.

Classroom Antarctica

Resources about Antarctica especially for students.

Antarctic Treaty System

An official document explaining what countries have agreed to conserve.

Conservation Guidelines

This page explains what measures are agreed to under the Treaty. It is run by a company that conducts tours and it is easy to read.

Antarctic Conservation Blog

This blog describes what it’s like to spend time in Antarctica conserving artefacts from the explorer’s hut left behind by Ernest Shackleton in 1908.

Antarctica and Southern Ocean Coalition

Australian Antarctic Division

Protecting the Environment

Although one of the harshest environments on the planet, Antarctica is also one of the most vulnerable, one which Australia and other parties to the Antarctic Treaty are committed to protecting.