Generation next

Watch the video all about the Halley VI Research Station. Can you design your own research station to match Halley’s scientific and living capabilities?
Key Stage: Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4

Keeping healthy

Learn about the Antarctic danger of frostbite, de-hydration, hypothermia, snow blindness, toothache, sunburn, altitude sickness and skiing accidents.
Key Stage: Key Stage 3
Topic: Tourism

Packing your bag

If you were going to Antarctica tomorrow what ten items would you make sure you packed in your suitcase?
Key Stage: Key Stage 2
Topic: Tourism

Explorer’s diaries

What was a typical day in Antarctica like on Scott’s expedition to the South Pole in 1912?
Key Stage: Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3
Topic: Exploration

What (not) to wear

Find out how technology has improved clothing for the freezing Antarctic since the ‘heroic age’ of the early 1900s... and dress up your own scientist!
Key Stage: Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3
Topic: Tourism

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Read through the verses of 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and write your own description of the journey in this evocative poem.
Key Stage: Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3
Topic: Exploration

The race to the pole

Find out about the early explorers in the history if Antarctica, and practice your longitude and latitude mapping skills in this interactive activity!
Key Stage: Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5
Topic: Exploration

A letter never sent

A letter has been found blowing in the Antarctic wind. Based on the weather and geopolitical descriptions, what sort of time was it written?
Key Stage: Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3

A view to a Krill

What animals suffer from the disappearance of krill and why is this important?
Key Stage: Key Stage 2
Topic: Fauna

A time to Krill:
 a murder mystery

What has happened to krill in the Southern Ocean? And who is responsible for their disappearance?
Key Stage: Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3
Topic: Fauna