New Zealand Antarctic Society
New Zealand Antarctic Society was formed in 1933 by New Zealand businessman Arthur Leigh Hunt and Antarctic explorers Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Sir Douglas Mawson. Its aims are: • to bring together people interested in the region • to share knowledge of the region • to foster interest in the region • to seek and support protection of the Antarctic environment • to promote New Zealand's interests in the region Since 1956 it has published a quarterly magazine, Antarctic. A set of Ross Dependency postage stamps celebrated the society's 50th anniversary in 1983.
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New Zealand Antarctic Society
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- New Zealand Antarctic Society (Inc.)
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- 1933
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- New Zealand
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New Zealand Antarctic Society was formed in 1933 by New Zealand businessman Arthur Leigh Hunt and Antarctic explorers Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Sir Douglas Mawson. Its aims are: • to bring together people interested in the region • to share knowledge of the region • to foster interest in the region • to seek and support protection of the Antarctic environment • to promote New Zealand's interests in the region Since 1956 it has published a quarterly magazine, Antarctic. A set of Ross Dependency postage stamps celebrated the society's 50th anniversary in 1983.
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The national office is now in Auckland. • Illustration — Claims to the territory
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• Name — New Zealand Antarctic Society (Inc.) • Founder — * Arthur Leigh Hunt • Rear Admiral Byrd • Douglas Mawson • Established — 1934 • Mission — Antarctica • Head — former patron Sir Edmund Hillary • Website — https: antarcticsociety.org.nz
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The following is established of the heading itself. Institutional cataloguing adds that new Zealand Antarctic Society is associated with New Zealand. Recorded from 1933.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 74460-8, New Zealand Antarctic Society.
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- 1.Our History. New Zealand Antarctic Society.
- 2.Our magazine. New Zealand Antarctic Society.
- 3.Ministry for Culture and Heritage. New Zealand Antarctic Society 50th anniversary. New Zealand History.
- 4.Colin Monteath. New Zealand Antarctic Society 1933-1983 stamp series - Ross Dependency. www.colinmonteath.nz.
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