organisation established in 1951 for current and previous members of Australian Antarctic expeditions. Its headquarters are in Melbourne, Australia, with branches in most Australian capital cities. Membership is open to anyone who has travelled to Antarctic or subantarctic regions with the Australian Antarctic Program. The club has thousands of members. Its emblem is the emperor penguin on a map of Antarctica. A sub-organisation is the Antarctic Family and Friends Association, originally established in 1965 by Nel Law as the Antarctic Wives' Association of Australia. See also List of Antarctic expeditions Vostok traverse References Science and technology in Australia Australia and the Antarctic Antarctic expeditions Subantarctic expeditions