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Antarctica New Zealand is the Crown Entity responsible for developing, managing and executing New Zealand Government activities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, in particular the Ross Dependency.  Antarctica New Zealand manages Scott Base, New Zealand’s Antarctic research station.  It maintains New Zealand’s operational presence in the Ross Dependency for the benefit of present and future generations of New Zealanders.  Key activities include supporting scientific research, conserving the intrinsic values of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean and raising public awareness (in part through arts, media and youth programmes) of the international significance of the continent.

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ANTARCTICA NEW ZEALAND SCIENCE UPDATE NO. 48
The latest Science update is now available. Amidst many items of interest to those in the Antarctic science community, and others, it advises that the application round for Antarctica New Zealand’s Postgraduate Scholarship is now open with a deadline of March 5th 2010. For information on this and other Antarctic science news download the update here. LATEST FINDINGS FROM ANDRILL RESEARCH
The latest findings from ANDRILL sediment core samples indicates that 15.7 million ago there was a remarkably warm period in Antarctica. The evidence, which includes fossils of marine algae and pollen of woody plants, indicates that land temperatures reached a January average of 10° C while estimated sea surface temperatures ranged between 0 and 11.5° C. The algae and pollen were found in sedimentary rock cores drilled in 2007 from beneath the sea floor of McMurdo Sound during ANDRILL's Southern McMurdo Sound Project. For more information read the Press release here.

NEW ZEALAND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MEDAL
Professor Tim Naish of the Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, has been awarded a New Zealand Science and Technology medal by the Royal Society’s New Zealand Science and Technology Medals Committee. The medal acknowledges his scientific leadership and contributions of fundamental new knowledge on how the Antarctic ice sheets have influenced global sea-change and climate, with implications for our warming world. Professor Naish was co-chief scientist for the 2006/07 McMurdo Ice Shelf project of ANDRILL, when a 1285m-long sediment core was successfully recovered from beneath the Ice Shelf. Full News List