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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.
'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.
'We couldn't do it without the Kiwis' - NZDF drive unique fleet of trucks to fetch annual supplies in Antarctica
The New Zealand Defence Force has jumped into action in Antarctica after an icebreaker cleared a 35-kilometre channel to the ice pier, enabling them to fetch annual supplies for McMurdo Station and Scott Base.
Celebrating 60 Years
Click here to view a historic video celebrating 60 Years of New Zealand's Leadership in Antarctica.
A TEDx event in Antarctica marks Scott Base’s 60th anniversary
Sixty years ago, Edmund Hillary led a team of 23 men to build what would become Scott Base to support both the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition – in which Hillary reached the South Pole on a Massey Ferguson tractor – and...