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Buffeted by wind, history and amazing people
The final job in saving Sir Edmund Hillary’s hut in Antarctica has been completed, with the help of a violin maker-turned-engineer determined to do his bit for the planet. Suzanne McFadden reports.
Ice Age characters take advantage of new winter flights to Antarctica
It turns out there are more latent thespians at Scott Base than previously suspected. Antarctica New Zealand's 11-member winter team have been sharing Ice Age adventures with Sid the Sloth and Buck the Weasel.
After warming fast, part of Antarctica gets a chill - study
The Antarctic Peninsula, among the fastest warming places on Earth last century, has since cooled due to natural swings in the local climate, scientists say, adding that the respite from the thaw is likely to be brief.
New Zealand to buy $493m naval tanker
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's biggest shipbuilder, has beaten out its largest rival for the contract to build a $493 million ice-capable naval tanker for the New Zealand Defence Force which is part of an increased emphasis on the...
New research explains why Antarctic sea ice has grown
While sea ice in the Arctic has shrunk remarkably over the past few decades, sea ice around Antarctica has been dancing to the beat of a different drum.
EVENT: Climate change: Ten things you didn’t know about climate change
New Zealanders will have the opportunity to learn about climate change and ask questions about how it will affect them directly from two of New Zealand’s top climate scientists, Professors Tim Naish and James Renwick in this year’s Royal Society...
Oldest Antarctic relics being conserved by Canterbury Museum
Some of the oldest human relics from Antarctica are being conserved, including objects taken from the huts of the first party to spend winter on the ice.