Antarctica: From Geology to Human History
Victoria University of Wellington
  • Start Date: 15 Apr, 2017
  • Self-Paced
  • Study Content: Videos


Take a virtual trip to Antarctica to explore the geology and history of the coldest, driest, windiest continent on earth.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: 49.00 USD

Introduction

Introduction Video

Course Description

This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and Edx partnership.

Explore the continent of Antarctica and more than 500 million years of geological history and 250 years of geographical discovery and scientific endeavour.


In this course, you will learn through lectures filmed on location on Ross Island and in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica.


Cliff, an Antarctic veteran, with 12 seasons on the ice, will introduce you to some of our planet’s most remarkable landscapes—the Dry Valleys, the Transantarctic Mountains and the world’s southernmost volcanic island. At a remote field camp, he interviews fellow geologists studying fossil-rich sediments—from a time when Antarctica was 20°C warmer than today—to see what Antarctica’s past climate can reveal about what the future might hold.


Rebecca, a science historian and writer who has written extensively about Antarctica, visits Captain Robert Scott’s huts on Ross Island and interviews conservators from the Antarctic Heritage Trust and scientists and logistics staff working at Scott Base and McMurdo Station. You’ll learn about the explorers and scientists from around the world who have been drawn to work and sometimes risk their lives here—from James Cook’s first venture below the Antarctic Circle, to the British scientists who discovered the ozone hole, to the first women to work on the ice.

Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.

Victoria University of Wellington

Founded in 1897, Victoria University of Wellington is one of New Zealand’s oldest tertiary institutions. Victoria’s mission is to undertake excellent research, teaching and public engagement in the service of local, national, regional and global communities. Our vision is to be a world-leading capital city university, and one of the great global-civic universities.

Victoria is internationally respected, ranking within the top 2 percent of the world’s 16,000 universities and among the top100 universities in the world for 10 subjects. Victoria has five stars overall in the QS Stars rating of excellence and is the first ranked university for research quality in New Zealand. In addition, Victoria Business School is one of an elite group of commerce faculties worldwide that hold the Triple Crown of international accreditations – EQUIS, AACSB (Business and Accounting) and AMBA.

Located in a vibrant capital city, with direct access to New Zealand’s decision makers, Victoria University draws upon the national thinking and global mindedness of its capital city community. The University has the ability to influence government policy on issues that affect New Zealand and the Asia–Pacific region more broadly. From climate change, to international security, to cultural understanding - Victoria’s research helps to inform the way our leaders look at things.

To learn more about New Zealand’s globally ranked capital city university, visit Victoria University of Wellington’s website.

This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with Edx.

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