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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.
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.
Stunning images show Antarctica in all its breathtaking glory as a crew of scientists visit the Peninsula to chase whales and battle the freezing conditions
These beautiful images of Antarctica show just how difficult it is to survive in some of the coldest, windiest and driest conditions on the entire planet.
Kiwi scientists shine in Continent 7: Antarctica
An evocative documentary series commissioned by National Geographic is set to broadcast the work of New Zealanders in Antarctica to 440 million people in 171 countries.