Sea Monsters to Sonar: Mapping the Polar Oceans
Thursday 10th April 2014
Venue: The Polar Museum
Category: Art & Exhibitions
One Liner: Polar Hydrography
Price Info: Free admission
Time Info: 10.00-16.00
Sea Monsters to Sonar: Mapping the Polar Oceans
Polar hydrography from ancient imagination to modern science
Wednesday 5 March – Saturday 31 May 2014
This exhibition traces the development and use of maps of the Polar oceans and coastlines. Hydrography, the mapping of the seafloor and coast, has been an essential aspect of humanity's engagement with these hostile and frequently contested regions during times of exploration, speculation, science and the pursuit of economic resources. Maps are crucial tools for survival. For this exhibition the gallery space will be transformed into a trail of discovery revealing imagined and established trade routes, and journeys made for scientific discovery. Objects of significant interest on display include replica Greenlandic driftwood maps, a life-size submarine control room, hand drawn charts produced at the cost of many lives, electronic charts in the modern era and an original 16th century atlas depicting fictional Arctic islands.
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