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NZ company to rebuild our home in Antarctica
Monday, 15 June 2020, 1:14 pm | Antarctica New Zealand
Antarctica New Zealand is delighted to announce Leighs Construction Limited has been selected as the preferred main contractor for the Scott Base Redevelopment project. Leighs, a New Zealand owned and operated construction company from Christchurch, ... More >>
COVID-19 Impacts Antarctic Field Season
Tuesday, 9 June 2020, 2:06 pm | Antarctica New Zealand
As COVID-19 sweeps the planet, only one continent remains untouched and Antarctica New Zealand is focused on keeping it that way. After close consultation with other National Antarctic Programmes in the Ross Sea region and considering a range of scenarios ... More >>
Drilling for icy answers
Monday, 3 February 2020, 9:24 am | Antarctica New Zealand
This summer, nearly one thousand kilometres from Scott Base across the world’s largest ice shelf, a team of Kiwi researchers plunged to new depths. More >>
Our new rock-star Professor
Monday, 16 December 2019, 2:16 pm | Antarctica New Zealand
He has carved an internationally renowned career focusing on earth sciences, and now Professor John Cottle, from the University of California Santa Barbara, is coming home. More >>
Tsunami report for Scott Base
Thursday, 5 December 2019, 11:27 am | Antarctica New Zealand
An earthquake originating in Mexico could be the most likely cause of a tsunami that would impact New Zealand’s presence in Antarctica, a study shows. More >>
Ten million dollar plan
Tuesday, 19 November 2019, 12:01 pm | Antarctica New Zealand
It’s the driest, coldest, windiest, place on Earth ... yet millions of critters still flourish in Antarctica. And now, thanks to 10 million dollars of multi-year funding, we’re going to know more about them and how they’ll adapt to a warming ... More >>
Marsden success for Antarctic science projects
Thursday, 7 November 2019, 9:34 am | Antarctica New Zealand
Two Antarctic research projects have been awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in the latest round of Marsden funding. More >>
60 years of the Antarctic Treaty
Tuesday, 13 August 2019, 9:05 am | Antarctica New Zealand
Antarctica is one of the most pristine environments on the planet, and the treaty system that keeps it that way has just turned 60. Alongside 53 other nations, New Zealand has reaffirmed its commitment to the Antarctic Treaty. The Treaty is a unique ... More >>
Negative SAM and this week’s wintery weather
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 9:39 am | Antarctica New Zealand
Negative SAM isn’t the grumpy dude in your office, but is short for the Southern Annular Mode - also known as the Antarctic Oscillation, the label given to the way the Southern Ocean westerlies and storms move around in the oceans surrounding Antarctica. More >>
Icebergs on ice
Friday, 5 July 2019, 1:19 pm | Antarctica New Zealand
A much anticipated delivery of fresh fruit and vegetables has arrived at Scott Base in Antarctica. The fresh supplies are a rare treat for the 12 hardy Kiwis wintering over at our home on the ice. A US Airforce C17 Globemaster arrived at Phoenix Airfield ... More >>
First look at our coolest redevelopment
Friday, 28 June 2019, 11:21 am | Antarctica New Zealand
Antarctica New Zealand is delighted to share what a new Scott Base could look like. More >>
Millions of dollars for Antarctic research
Tuesday, 18 June 2019, 5:06 pm | Antarctica New Zealand
The Antarctic Science Platform is thrilled to announce $26 million will be awarded to long-term Antarctic research projects. The projects are led by well-known researchers from multiple universities and research organisations across the country. Platform ... More >>
Spotlight on Antarctic science
Monday, 17 June 2019, 11:02 am | Antarctica New Zealand
Over the next three days, Antarctic researchers from across the country will come together in Christchurch for the biennial New Zealand Antarctic Science Conference. More >>
Climate secrets buried deep beneath the Southern Ocean
Thursday, 13 June 2019, 3:47 pm | Antarctica New Zealand
A Kiwi couple are on board a ship filled with international experts hoping to extract climate insights from below the seabed in the Southern Ocean. University of Otago paleoceanographer, Christina Riesselman and husband Chris Moy, a paleoclimatologist, ... More >>
Search and rescue in the deep south
Monday, 13 May 2019, 12:20 pm | Antarctica New Zealand
It is one of the most remote, harshest and hostile environments on the planet, so when things go wrong in Antarctica it is crucial to have the world’s best search and rescue expertise to call in. More >>
New Chief Executive for Antarctica New Zealand
Friday, 12 April 2019, 4:32 pm | Antarctica New Zealand
Antarctica New Zealand is delighted to announce that Sarah Williamson is the organisation’s new Chief Executive. Ms Williamson has considerable experience with Air New Zealand in a range of roles. With degrees in geography and psychology, and a master’s degree ... More >>
Sun sets on another science season
Thursday, 11 April 2019, 9:52 am | Antarctica New Zealand
From setting off explosions on remote glaciers, traversing over 1000 kilometres across the Ross Ice Shelf and close encounters with killer whales, this year’s Antarctic science season has been one to remember. The 2018/2019 Antarctic field research programme ... More >>
Youthful toothfish abound
Friday, 5 April 2019, 9:12 am | Antarctica New Zealand
They live more than 1000 metres below the surface in the coldest darkest parts of the Southern Ocean, but the elusive juvenile Antarctic toothfish hold some of the most important insights into the future of the Ross Sea population. More >>
Antarctica Unfrozen, a podcast series
Monday, 25 March 2019, 10:07 am | Antarctica New Zealand
A young Cantabrian is hoping to unfreeze Antarctic science mystery with a new podcast series. Antarctica Unfrozen, created by 21-year-old Blake Antarctic Ambassador Harry Seagar, launches today. In February he spent 11 days in Antarctica hosted by Antarctica ... More >>
Killer footage confirms toothfish on the menu
Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 9:23 am | Antarctica New Zealand
Antarctic scientist Dr Regina Eisert has captured extraordinary video footage of her close encounter with a killer whale on the edge of the sea ice. The encounter happened last week in the final few hours of Dr Eisert’s research for this season ... More >>
