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New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme

Index New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme

The New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme (NZARP) was a research program that operated a permanent research facility in Antarctica from 1959 to 1996. [1]

26 relations: Antarctica, Antarctica New Zealand, Atkinson Glacier, Ball Glacier (Victoria Land), Botany, Continental drift, Crown Research Institute, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (New Zealand), Findlay Range, Geochemistry, Geology, Government of New Zealand, Limnology, List of organizations based in Antarctica, McMurdo Sound, Meteorology, Mount Bradshaw, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Ross Dependency, Scott Base, South Pole, Television New Zealand, Tetrapod, Thomas Heights, Wellington, Zoology.

Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent.

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Antarctica New Zealand

Antarctica New Zealand is an Institute set up by the New Zealand Government in 1996 to manage its interests in Antarctica and the Ross Sea.

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Atkinson Glacier

Atkinson Glacier is a glacier between Findlay Range and Lyttelton Range, Admiralty Mountains, flowing northward into Dennistoun Glacier.

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Ball Glacier (Victoria Land)

Ball Glacier is a glacier long with the head located between Mount Lister and Mount Hooker on the east side of the Royal Society Range.

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science(s), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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Continental drift

Continental drift is the movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other, thus appearing to "drift" across the ocean bed.

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Crown Research Institute

In New Zealand, Crown Research Institutes (CRIs) are corporatised Crown entities charged with conducting scientific research.

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Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (New Zealand)

The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) is a now-defunct government science agency in New Zealand, founded in 1926 and broken into Crown Research Institutes in 1992.

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Findlay Range

The Findlay Range is a mountain range lying parallel to and west of the Lyttelton Range, extending between Grigg Peak and Sorensen Peak in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica.

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Geochemistry

Geochemistry is the science that uses the tools and principles of chemistry to explain the mechanisms behind major geological systems such as the Earth's crust and its oceans.

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Geology

Geology (from the Ancient Greek γῆ, gē, i.e. "earth" and -λoγία, -logia, i.e. "study of, discourse") is an earth science concerned with the solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time.

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Government of New Zealand

The Government of New Zealand (Te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa), or New Zealand Government (ceremonially referred to as Her Majesty's Government in New Zealand on the Seal of New Zealand), is the administrative complex through which authority is exercised in New Zealand.

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Limnology

Limnology (from Greek λίμνη, limne, "lake" and λόγος, logos, "knowledge"), is the study of inland aquatic ecosystems.

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List of organizations based in Antarctica

This is a list of organizations based in Antarctica.

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McMurdo Sound

McMurdo Sound and its ice-clogged waters extends about 55 kilometres (34 mi) long and wide.

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Meteorology

Meteorology is a branch of the atmospheric sciences which includes atmospheric chemistry and atmospheric physics, with a major focus on weather forecasting.

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Mount Bradshaw

Mount Bradshaw is a mountain peak, high, at the northeast side of the névé of Leap Year Glacier, northwest of Ian Peak, in the Bowers Mountains, a major mountain range situated within Victoria Land, Antarctica.

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National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research or NIWA (Māori: Taihoro Nukurangi), is a Crown Research Institute of New Zealand.

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Ross Dependency

The Ross Dependency is a region of Antarctica defined by a sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160° east to 150° west, and terminating at latitude 60° south.

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Scott Base

The Scott Base is a New Zealand Antarctic research facility located at Pram Point on Ross Island near Mount Erebus in New Zealand's Ross Dependency territorial claim.

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South Pole

The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface.

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Television New Zealand

Television New Zealand (Te Reo Tātaki o Aotearoa), more commonly referred to as TVNZ, is a state-owned television network that is broadcast throughout New Zealand and parts of the Pacific region.

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Tetrapod

The superclass Tetrapoda (from Greek: τετρα- "four" and πούς "foot") contains the four-limbed vertebrates known as tetrapods; it includes living and extinct amphibians, reptiles (including dinosaurs, and its subgroup birds) and mammals (including primates, and all hominid subgroups including humans), as well as earlier extinct groups.

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Thomas Heights

Thomas Heights is a line of summit ridges that extend from Bettle Peak Eastward to the Scott Coast, Victoria Land.

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Wellington

Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara) is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand, with residents.

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Zoology

Zoology or animal biology is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems.

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NZARP, New Zealand Antarctic Programme, New Zealand Antarctic Research Program, New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme (NZARP), New Zealand: Antarctic Program.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Antarctic_Research_Programme

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