New Zealand Antarctic Society
| Founders |
|
|---|---|
| Established | 1934 |
| Mission | Antarctica |
| Head | former patron Sir Edmund Hillary |
| Website | antarcticsociety |
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.
The national office is now in Auckland.