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Antarctica: The First Dance
Featuring Madeleine Graham, star of the Royal New Zealand Ballet, and music from London Grammar, Corey’s film highlights the fragility of Antarctica through creative dance
A day in the life of an Antarctic researcher
During her 13 trips to Antarctica, Victoria University associate professor Nancy Bertler carried out her day job in temperatures below -20 degree Celsius.
Famous astronaut Buzz Aldrin in good spirits in Christchurch Hospital after being evacuated from Antarctica
The 86-year-old’s trip to the South Pole was cut short when he became unwell.
TEDxScottBase: More than science planned!
Sorry, you can't get tickets to TEDx Scott Base. But you can watch all 10 speakers and entertainers a week later on January 22 on tedxscottbase.com.
Scott Base to host TEDx talks this Antarctic summer
Shivers, TEDx is moving south. The most remote TED talks ever will take place at Scott Base in Antarctica in January.
Wigmore, astronaut in Antarctic Ted Talk
A Kiwi pop star, a Nasa astronaut and the granddaughter-in-law of famed adventurer Jacques Cousteau have joined a colourful line-up of speakers set to take part in an Antarctic TedX talk at Scott Base next year.
Millions to see Otago's cool research
Close University of Otago research links with the Antarctic feature in a new National Geographic television documentary series with a potential audience of 440 million people in 171 countries.