Travel to Antarctica

Antarctic activities planned or conducted by New Zealanders, or carried out within the Ross Dependency, are potentially affected by several different pieces of New Zealand environmental legislation. Information provided here is intended as a guide only and not as a substitute for the actual legislation and its requirements.

Antarctica New Zealand has a set of policies specific to Scott Base. A copy of the Scott Base Policy Manual is available to view in the Antarctica New Zealand offices and at Scott Base. It is your responsibility to be aware of the contents of these policies and how they affect you.

Our medical policy is in line with the requirements of the Health Information Privacy Code (1994) and our overall activities meet the requirements of Health & Safety Act 1992.

It is important that people travelling to Antarctica as part of the New Zealand Antarctic programme are thoroughly familiar with these documents. Copies of these documents are available from Antarctica New Zealand on request.

This section provides information required by all personnel supported by Antarctica New Zealand.  It contains information required before travel to Antarctica, what you can expect in Antarctica and what you need to do on return to New Zealand.

It also contains a section with some information for those wishing to undertake private visits to the continent.