Schedule

Here's an overview of what's happening at the event!

Thursday, October 1st
  • Registration & Breakfast
    8:30am-10:00am
  • Gallery Opening
    9:00am-10:00am
    and poster signing with David Finfrock
  • Dr. Sam Batzli
    10:00am-11:00am
    "Mapping in Support of Antarctic Meteorology"
  • Dr. Ed Larson Lecture
    11:15am-12:15pm
    "Scott, Amundsen, and Science in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration"
  • Lunch
    12:30pm-1:45pm
  • Faculty Panel Discussion
    1:45pm-2:45pm
    2025 Faculty Teaching in the Archives Grant Recipients
  • Candace Carlisle-Vilas Lecture
    3:00pm-4:00pm
    "Wilkins and Byrd: New Coastlines and Funding Strategies"
Friday, October 2nd
  • Registration & Breakfast
    8:30am-10:15am
  • Student Posters
    9:00am-10:00am
    UTA undergraduate and graduate students that worked with the Antarctic map collections
  • Dr. Charles Travis Lecture
    10:15am-11:15am
    "Across & Around the Southern Polar Cap: Maritime Literary and Imaginary Geographies of Nineteenth-Century Antarctic Cartography, Whale Fisheries, Exploration and Climate"
  • Lunch
    11:30am-12:45pm
  • Dr. Catherine Akeroyd
    1:00pm-2:00pm
    "Imagery Within Terra Australis: Meanings on Early Modern World Maps"
  • Planetarium Show
    2:30pm-4:00pm
    "Ice Planets" movie and conversation with David Finfrock
  • Exhibit Open House
    4:15pm-5:00pm