A waka tupāpaku or Maori burial chest. The tribe felt the display was appropriate as it shared an important part of their culture with the masses, so I felt it was appropriate to share.
One of the dioramas at the museum. The museum had a hidden holiday figurine in all of the sections.
This is the bust of Roald Amundsen, the first person to reach the South Pole. Amundsen was originally planning to go to the North Pole, but heard that Peary had already made it so he decided to go to the South Pole instead. To get there he relied on dog teams to pull the sleds and ended up killing off a number of the dogs for food. He left a tent with two letters at the South Pole, one was addressed to Scott asking him to deliver the other letter to the king of Norway to let the king know that Amundsen had reached the pole in case Amundsen and his team died on the return trip. However as you may know, Scott and his men ended up perishing on their return from the Pole. I've heard that touching his nose brings good luck to those going to Antarctica and by the looks of it a number of people have rubbed his nose.
This is a shot of a display with the first pole at the South Pole. Dr. Siple (Siple Dome where I stayed to recover the gondola last time is named after him) apparently air dropped the sphere and the pole to the South Pole. The glass sphere is coated with silver like a mirror to allow him to take photos of the aurora. I believe the barber shop pole is made out of bamboo.
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