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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.
PR - Impact of warming in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean focus of new research awards
Impact of warming in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean focus of new research awards.
Whales, drones and ice: Six bold new Kiwi studies
Whales, toothfish and the enigma that is Antarctica's sea ice will be targeted in six urgent Kiwi studies on the frozen continent and in the Southern Ocean.
The impact of our warming world on Earth’s ice
Top international scholars will gather at Victoria University of Wellington next week to discuss the connections between Earth’s frozen waters and the global climate system.
Kapiti's Randal Heke proud of Scott Base construction and restoration 60 years on
A Kapiti man is delighted part of his construction in one of the planet's harshest climates stands good as new, 60 years on.
Conservation efforts underway on Scott statue
The treasured statue of Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott will be restored.