Antarctica Day Documentaries (Ages 13-19) Free, Drop-in

Learn more about Antarctica in honour of Antarctica Day! 

Today we’re watching the documentary series Continent 7. Stay for some episodes or all!

Antarctica is the coldest, driest, windiest continent on the planet. It is 5.4 million square miles of desert and only populated by a handful of researchers and support staff, risking these extremes to conduct groundbreaking and life changing science. An Antarctic base is like a fully operational extraterrestrial facility - a space station on ice. 

In this fascinating new series, our intrepid camera teams gained unprecedented access to New Zealand's Scott Base and trekked alongside the brave men and women who keep this isolated world running - everybody from chefs serving hot meals to cold crews, to helicopter pilots flying teams across giant glaciers and ice shelves to wildlife colonies. 

We also follow a number of important science projects, including investigating how climate change in Antarctica could impact the rest of the world, particularly sea-level rises, and a first-of-its-kind, in-depth MRI scan of Antarctica's active volcano, Mount Erebus, to better understand volcanic behavior around the world. Finally, the series follows the U.S. Coast Guard's icebreaker, the Polar Star, as it journeys from Tasmania through turbulent seas to reach the sea ice - and break through it. Crews have to break ice for 14 hours a day to clear a shipping lane for vital resupply to this remote continent.

• Antarctic Aftermath (45 min)
• Not Fit for Human Life (45 min)
• Race to Escape (45 min)
• Science of Survival (45 min)
• Storming Antarctica (45 min)
• Take Your Best Shot (45 min)