Colin Monteath Lecture

COLIN MONTEATH is coming to Geraldine

Fundraiser for Orari River Protection Group

“At heart I am a polar and mountain nomad”

Legendary Antarctic and international mountain expedition photographer and
author, will present a lecture:
Saturday June 27th Geraldine Cinema 7pm

“Raiders of the Lost Archive”

Dusting off his expedition archives Colin will take us through a career spanning 33 seasons in Antarctica, 4 in the Arctic and over 20 expeditions in Asia and beyond. The lecture will focus on his freelance photography and writing career.

From 1973 to 1983 he was Field Operations Officer at Scott Base. During this time he helped coordinate recovery operations of the Air NZ crash site. Colin’s organisation and maintenance of Field Operations became highly respected for efficiency, safety and success. He was also in charge of the Scott Base huskies.

Since 1983 he has worked as an expedition leader and lecturer on many polar cruises and adventure companies. He has been a very active and highly respected mountaineer with outstanding climbs in Antarctica (including descents into the live volcano Mt Erebus), NZ, Peru, Irian Java, Pamirs and 21 expeditions to the Himalayas.

Amongst the very long list of extraordinary accomplishments he has ski/dog sledded across the Greenland ice cap, twice crossed South Georgia, skied across Svalbard, climbed Mt Cook 13 times, once by the Caroline Face and another time the first ascent of the East Ridge in winter. He has also ski traversed Denali in Alaska as well as climbed Karsten’s Pyramid in Irian Java.
Colin’s 21 Himalayan successes are astounding and can be seen in detail in his extraordinary bio on his web site: https://www.colinmonteath.nz/about

He is a highly acclaimed writer of articles and written many very well received and popular books, most recently “Erebus – The Ice Dragon”. Colin was awarded the New Zealand Antarctic Medal in 2025 for lifetime services to Antarctic Field Support, archival preservation, literature and photography.

Ticket sales at the door: Adults $20 – High School students $5 – Tertiary students $10
Tea and snacks afterwards and a chance to chat with Colin.

*Colin is donating his time as a contribution to the Orari River Protection Group*

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