# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Antarctica to Europa: The Search for Life in Extreme Environments
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 26 Aug, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Ever wondered how life survives beneath kilometres of Antarctic ice, or whether similar life could exist on other worlds?

Join internationally renowned polar ecologist and geomicrobiologist Professor John Priscu, whose 40 years of pioneering research have uncovered microbial life beneath the Antarctic ice sheet.

From Antarctica to collaborations with NASA, his discoveries are helping scientists explore whether icy moons such as Europa and Enceladus could also harbour life.

Discover what Earth's most extreme environments can teach us about the search for life beyond our planet.

5.30pm, Wednesday 26 August
Free - Bookings required

https://tuhura.nz/whats-on/antarctica-to-europa-the-search-for-life-in-extreme-environments
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dunedin/antarctica-to-europa-the-search-for-life-in-extreme-environments/200030573236118
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 27

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Dunedin
- **state**: OT
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: Tūhura Otago Museum
- **lat**: -45.865806853734
- **long**: 170.51081306137
- **full address**: Tūhura Otago Museum, 419 Great King Street,Dunedin, New Zealand

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Antarctica to Europa: The Search for Life in Extreme Environments being held?
  - **A:** Antarctica to Europa: The Search for Life in Extreme Environments takes place on Wed, 26 Aug, 2026 at 05:30 pm to Wed, 26 Aug, 2026 at 05:30 pm at Tūhura Otago Museum, 419 Great King Street,Dunedin, New Zealand.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Antarctica to Europa: The Search for Life in Extreme Environments?
  - **A:** Antarctica to Europa: The Search for Life in Extreme Environments is organized by Tūhura Otago Museum.

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