An orientation to Antarctica

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Marine biologist Dean Miller visits the South Pole on the 100th anniversary of Douglas Mawson's expedition, and explores the wildlife of Antarctica.

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Marine biologist Dean Miller visits the South Pole on the 100th anniversary of Douglas Mawson's expedition, and explores the wildlife of Antarctica.

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Back in the Day

Years 9-10, 11-12 Personal and social capability, Geography, Earth and environment

We selected six Indigenous Canadian men and women from the city and had them spend six days out in the natural world, to relive history as their grandfathers and grandmothers experienced it.

Joanna Lumley begins a new journey from Venice, the European terminus of the Silk Road. She discovers how the famous route made the city state rich. She travels on to Albania, Turkey and to the Georgian and Armenian borders.

Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure: Venice, Albania and Turkey

Years 9-10, 11-12 Geography, History

Joanna Lumley begins a new journey from Venice, the European terminus of the Silk Road. She discovers how the famous route made the city state rich. She travels on to Albania, Turkey and to the Georgian and Armenian borders.

Neil and the team examine creativity and the art of reinvention along Tasmania's northern coast and offshore islands. Neil collects some of the cleanest air in the world in the name of science. On King Island, he examines the worst maritime disaster in the history of Australia before swinging back onto the mainland for a round of golf on a legendary links course. Emma Johnston joins a scientific team on Albatross Island to track the magnificent bird for which the island is named. Alice Garner examines the changing fortunes of industrial Burnie. And Tim Flannery follows in the footsteps of a legendary scientist at Fossil Bluff.

Coast Australia: Tasmania's Coast and Bass Strait Islands

Years 7-8, 9-10 Geography

Neil and the team examine creativity and the art of reinvention along Tasmania's northern coast and offshore islands. Neil collects some of the cleanest air in the world in the name of science. On King Island, he examines the worst maritime disaster in the history of Australia before swinging back onto the mainland for a round of golf on a legendary links course. Emma Johnston joins a scientific team on Albatross Island to track the magnificent bird for which the island is named. Alice Garner examines the changing fortunes of industrial Burnie. And Tim Flannery follows in the footsteps of a legendary scientist at Fossil Bluff.

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