Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 8, 2021 6:35:21 GMT 12
MĀORI CONNECTIONS TO ANTARCTICA MAY GO AS FAR BACK AS 7TH CENTURY
In the project, researchers scanned literature and integrated this with oral histories to provide a compiled record of Māori presence in, and perspectives of, Antarctic narratives and exploration. Māori (and Polynesian) journeys to the deep south have been occurring for a long time, perhaps as far back as the seventh century, and this work highlights the tradition of Māori Antarctic exploration and contribution to New Zealand’s work in the Ross Sea continues into the future.
“We found connection to Antarctica and its waters have been occurring since the earliest traditional voyaging, and later through participation in European-led voyaging and exploration, contemporary scientific research, fishing, and more for centuries,” says project lead Dr. Priscilla Wehi......
samacharcentral.com/maori-connections-to-antarctica-may-go-as-far-back-as-7th-century/
More on the above here > New Research Shows Māori Traveled to Antarctica at Least 1,000 Years Before Europeans
www.sciencealert.com/who-were-the-first-people-to-visit-antarctica-researchers-map-maori-s-long-history-with-the-icy-continent
In the project, researchers scanned literature and integrated this with oral histories to provide a compiled record of Māori presence in, and perspectives of, Antarctic narratives and exploration. Māori (and Polynesian) journeys to the deep south have been occurring for a long time, perhaps as far back as the seventh century, and this work highlights the tradition of Māori Antarctic exploration and contribution to New Zealand’s work in the Ross Sea continues into the future.
“We found connection to Antarctica and its waters have been occurring since the earliest traditional voyaging, and later through participation in European-led voyaging and exploration, contemporary scientific research, fishing, and more for centuries,” says project lead Dr. Priscilla Wehi......
samacharcentral.com/maori-connections-to-antarctica-may-go-as-far-back-as-7th-century/
More on the above here > New Research Shows Māori Traveled to Antarctica at Least 1,000 Years Before Europeans
www.sciencealert.com/who-were-the-first-people-to-visit-antarctica-researchers-map-maori-s-long-history-with-the-icy-continent