ICOMOS International Polar Heritage Committee (IPHC) Conference

Christchurch New Zealand, 28-29 September 2017

The IPHC 2017 Conference theme is Polar heritage and the ships behind it: management and protection.

Getting to and from polar regions has been a constant issue for all polar expeditions, and the ships that made this happen are a key component of polar heritage.

The IPHC 2017 conference will explore the many aspects that arise in the management and protection of these vessels including:

• Historic shipwrecks in polar regions both on land or underwater
• Polar ships that survive as museum displays
• Ownership of polar wrecks and remnants
• Relocation of polar wrecks and remnants
• Use of modern polar ships to access polar heritage sites
• Indigenous use of ship-wreck materials, indigenous input relating to wreck history, and indigenous/non-indigenous interactions related to polar ships and crews
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police ship patrols and their influence on indigenous groups in arctic Canada
• World War II ships, and the history of polar convoys
• Law issues and the protection of underwater heritage

The IPHC 2017 Conference Organising Committee invites submissions of papers that address this theme. Please submit a 300-word abstract and title by 28 February 2017, together with the name(s) of the author and email address to Karen Clarke by email. 

For more information, please visit:

http://www.polarheritage.com/polarheritage/IPHCConference2017/