Frozen Witness: Aurora's Polar Voyages

Voyage back in time to the early stories of Australians in Antarctica through the journeys of SY Aurora, an Arctic whaler/sealer turned exploring vessel.

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When
25 September 2025 - 19 October 2026
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Where

  • 2 Murray Street, Sydney NSW 2000

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  • Exhibition and Shows
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  • Welcomes people with access needs
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Overview of this event

Voyage back in time to the early stories of Australians in Antarctica through the journeys of SY Aurora, an Arctic whaler/sealer turned exploring vessel. This small exhibition features Aurora's Arctic years under Captain James Fairweather and in Antarctica, the expeditions of Sir Douglas Mawson and Sir Ernest Shackleton through the remarkable story of a wooden vessel pitched into the icy unknown. This small exhibition includes the surviving lifebuoy and a selection of evocative objects and images from the National Maritime Collection, and other public collections, including Museums Victoria, Royal Australian Navy Heritage Collections, Canterbury Museum and the Maritime History Archive at the Memorial University of Newfoundland as well as early vision from the National Film and Sound Archive.

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Australian National Maritime Museum

Phone: (02) 9298 3777
Website: https://www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/exhibitions/frozen-witness-auroras-polar-voyages

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2 Murray Street, Sydney NSW 2000

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