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Antarctica New Zealand is the government agency responsible for carrying out New Zealand's activities in Antarctica, supporting world leading science and environmental protection. Our vision is: Antarctica and the Southern Ocean – valued, protected, understood.
Featured Press Releases
Two more floats in the ocean for massive international collaboration
Two Argo floats arrived in Wellington this month, on their way to join a team of 4,000 that are floating in oceans around the world. The floats are a kind of ocean sampling “robot” that are designed to drift in currents and measu… Read More
New Zealand reaffirms commitment to Antarctica at annual meetings
New Zealand this month joined partners from around the world at the 48th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) and the 28th meeting of the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP) in Japan, a gathering that continues a… Read More
SWAIS2C I Record-breaking sediment core provides unprecedented evidence of West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat
A New Zealand co-led international team has drilled the longest-ever sediment core from under an ice sheet, providing a record stretching back millions of years that will help climate scientists forecast the fate of the ice sheet… Read More
