Antarctica: Journeys on the ice
About this event
Join the National Library of Australia in journeying through their Antarctic collection.
Curators from the National Library of Australia join Antarctic station leader Rebecca Jeffcoat and expeditioner Stephanie Pfennigwerth on a journey through our extensive Antarctic collection. Drawing on highlights from the pictorial, manuscript and oral history collections, the panel will reflect on the universal experiences of life in Antarctica and what has changed over centuries of exploration and discovery.
Rebecca Jeffcoat is a former senior Navy officer with specialisations in meteorology and oceanography. She has held significant appointments within the Navy, including Command of HMAS Kuttabul, Garden Island, in Sydney.
Stephanie Pfennigwerth worked as writer and editor in Sydney's publishing industry for 14 years before she escaped to the Antarctic Peninsula in 1998. Smitten by its transcendental beauty – and worried about how to protect it – she moved to Hobart to undertake Antarctic and Southern Ocean studies at the University of Tasmania.
Nearest accessible public toilet to Antarctica: Journeys on the ice
The nearest accessible public toilet to Antarctica: Journeys on the ice is Treasury Building, Parkes, about 140 m away.
Treasury Building · about 140 m away in a straight line
1 Newlands St, Parkes, ACT (community building)
Open: Mon-Fri 8am-6pm
Source: the National Public Toilet Map, data as at 1 September 2026. Distances are straight-line, not the walking route, and facilities can change — check before you rely on one. Facility record
Event information courtesy of the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW).
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