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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.
Winners or losers? Antarctic starfish and climate change
It was a milestone year. In 2016, rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured more than 400 parts per million for the entire year, for the first time in more than 4 million years.
Beneath the Ross Ice Shelf
Climate change is causing Antarctic ice shelves to crack and melt.
When entertainment meets science: Hosting a TEDx talk on ice.
We all have an inkling we should care about one of the remotest locations on earth - Antarctica - but few of us know much about it.
'These trucks have got a bit of character' - NZDF drive unique fleet of trucks to fetch annual supplies in Antarctica
The NZDF has a big role to play in loading and unloading crucial cargo to support the next year on ice.
'Global warming means our scientific work in Antarctica is more important than ever before' - Antarctic NZ boss
Kiwi Antarctic researchers are set to raise a celebratory lamington or two today to toast 60 years since Scott Base opened.