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The Governor-General has travelled to Antarctica's Scott Base to see the work happening on the ice. During the visit, Dame Cindy Kiro and husband Dr Richard Davies also visited Scott's Hut and Shackleton's Hut, and saw the Antarc… Read More

A group of New Zealand polar scientists have helped uncover clues to life's survival during the global ice age. Some of their research used samples collected by Robert Scott's Antarctica expeditions. Read More

Traces of DNA left behind in seafloor sediment by past marine communities at Kamb Ice Stream could reveal important information about the environmental conditions at the time they were alive – such as an ice shelf above, or open … Read More

The Antarctic conditions can be bearable at the height of the summer season, but when Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Flight Lieutenant Carter Bland arrived on a supply flight in the dying days of winter the -40°C temperature… Read More

New Zealand Army Sapper Nathan Laurie, from Kerikeri, has just returned from his first summer season in Antarctica, working as an emergency responder at the Antarctic Fire Department at McMurdo Station, the American base near New… Read More

It’s not a typical way to start an interview, and dealing with errant penguins isn’t a typical role for an aviation rescue firefighter, but it’s all part of the job for Leading Aircraftman Pieter Lelieveld, who has been deployed … Read More