Estonian Polar Club

The club organises different events and some of them are open to the public. Everyone interested can take part in the polar forums that take place at the museum. One important milestone was publishing a collection of polar-related memories titled Nabakirjad in 1992.

The members of the club have supplemented the museum’s collections and taken part in preparing exhibitions. One of the more important undertakings was the preparation and exhibiting of the 4th International Polar Year Exhibit in Tallinn and Tartu in 2008 and 2009. In 2015, for the international grand exhibition Race to the End of the World, the club supported preparing a separate part on Estonian connections to the Antarctic – Freezing Science Lab and Estonia. In cooperation with other organisations, bigger international seminars have also been organised.

A separate series of seminars was organised for celebrating the 200th anniversary of discovering the Antarctic with a popular science expedition in cooperation between the Maritime Museum and MTÜ Thetis Ekspeditsioonid. Members of the club have published research and popular science articles and books.

In 1997, the members of the Polar Club founded the SA Eesti Polaarfond foundation, which, in compliance with its objectives, has raised and distributed funds (including scholarships) to support researching the polar regions.