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New Zealand Antarctic Society was formed in 1933 by New Zealand businessman Arthur Leigh Hunt and Antarctic explorers Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Sir Douglas Mawson. Its aims are: * to bring together people interested in the region * to share knowledge of the region * to foster interest in the region * to seek and support protection of the Antarctic environment * to promote New Zealand's interests in the region Since 1956 it has published a quarterly magazine, Antarctic. A set of Ross Dependency postage stamps celebrated the society's 50th anniversary in 1983.

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  • New Zealand Antarctic Society was formed in 1933 by New Zealand businessman Arthur Leigh Hunt and Antarctic explorers Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Sir Douglas Mawson. Its aims are: * to bring together people interested in the region * to share knowledge of the region * to foster interest in the region * to seek and support protection of the Antarctic environment * to promote New Zealand's interests in the region Since 1956 it has published a quarterly magazine, Antarctic. A set of Ross Dependency postage stamps celebrated the society's 50th anniversary in 1983. The national office is now in Auckland. (en)
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  • former patron Sir Edmund Hillary (en)
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  • Antarctica (en)
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  • New Zealand Antarctic Society was formed in 1933 by New Zealand businessman Arthur Leigh Hunt and Antarctic explorers Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Sir Douglas Mawson. Its aims are: * to bring together people interested in the region * to share knowledge of the region * to foster interest in the region * to seek and support protection of the Antarctic environment * to promote New Zealand's interests in the region Since 1956 it has published a quarterly magazine, Antarctic. A set of Ross Dependency postage stamps celebrated the society's 50th anniversary in 1983. (en)
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  • New Zealand Antarctic Society (en)
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