News

Erebus glacier sheds huge slab of ice

1/3/13

Several kilometres of ice have broken off the Erebus glacier ice tongue, which sticks out into McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. The long thin tongue is thought to have calved three times in the 20th century, with the first of those occasions witnessed by Members of Robert F Scott's Terra Nova expedition during a gale in 1911. More.

Biocomplexity survey in Antarctica

24/2/13

A team of Waikato University scientists and students has completed a successful research trip to Antarctica. Led by Professor Craig Cary, a team of 16 spent several weeks collecting samples in the Dry Valleys as part of the New Zealand Terrestrial Antarctic Biocomplexity Survey. More.

An Ice Relay for Cancer - update

3/2/13

At 7am this morning, 35 staff and supporters at Antarctica New Zealand's Scott Base completed 139 laps of the Relay for Life course, covering a total distance of 229km and a vertical climb of 12,510m (roughly equivalent to over three times the height of Erebus). More.

An Ice Relay for Cancer

1/2/13

Staff and supporters at Antarctica New Zealand’s Scott Base will pound a track near the world’s biggest ice shelf for 12 hours this weekend in a chilly cancer awareness event - the first Cancer Society New Zealand Relay For Life to be held on the ice. More.

Kenn Borek Twin Otter - update

28/1/13

Officials with the U.S. Antarctic Program and Antarctica New Zealand have jointly decided to recall search-and-rescue teams from the site of an Antarctic aircraft crash after examination of the plane indicated that it would be unsafe at this point to further disturb the wreckage that is largely embedded in snow and ice on a steep mountain slope. More.

Kenn Borek Twin Otter

27/1/13

On behalf of Antarctica New Zealand, I wish to extend our deepest sympathizes to the families of the Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter crew, whose deaths have recently been confirmed. We remained hopeful throughout the search process that the vastly experienced crew would have survived. More.

Prime Minister to visit Antarctica

14/1/13

Prime Minister John Key will visit Antarctica from 17 to 21 January to highlight New Zealand’s interests and activities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Mr Key will visit New Zealand science and environmental management programmes, view New Zealand’s historic hut conservation projects, and participate in a ceremony celebrating the installation of Maori artwork at Scott Base. More.

Kiwis to toast Sir Ed's Antarctic adventure

4/1/13

Today a group will gather together in the Trans-Antarctic Expedition (TAE) hut, the original Scott Base building which Sir Ed and his team set off from on their trip to the pole. Antarctica New Zealand [acting] operations and infrastructure manager Graeme Ayres, whose mountaineer father Harry Ayres was on the expedition, said the journey marked his childhood. More.

History made 55 years ago today

4/1/13

Hilary with the 1957/58 Trans-Antarctic Expedition (TAE) reached the South Pole on this day 55 years ago, becoming the first overland explorers to do so since Captain Robert Falcon Scott's expedition team arrived there in 1912. The TAE crew travelled nearly 2000 KM overland from Scott Base using converted tractors and sledges. More.

Bedrock Breakthrough in Antarctica

21/12/12

A team of scientists from nine nations, led by Victoria University’s Dr Nancy Bertler, have made a huge breakthrough in Antarctica—successfully drilling more than 760m through the ice to the bedrock, on an island in the Ross Sea. The
international project has been headed up by GNS Science, Victoria University and Antarctica New Zealand. More.

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