Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)

The Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies sits right on the edge of the Hobart waterfront, defined by its jagged, silver-grey exterior that mimics the sharp ice shelves of the south. This building serves as the hub for researchers tracking climate change and Southern Ocean ecosystems. In two thousand thirteen, workers found a series of mysterious iron chains buried beneath the site, likely remnants of the nineteenth-century shipyards that once occupied this exact patch of mud, salt, and reclaimed land.