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Antarctica New Zealand is pleased to announce LT McGuinness has been selected as the Early Contractor Engagement (ECE) contractor to assist with the design and delivery of the Scott Base Redevelopment. With over 70 years of cons… Read More

As previously notified, we have now held workshops to introduce the Catalyst Strategic New Zealand – United Stated Joint Antarctic Research Programme. The first workshop took place on 30 May and was an in-person event at the Anta… Read More

The clean-up and site restoration of a New Zealand research station in Antarctica has provided valuable lessons on the challenges of contaminated sites, according to a study in the journal Polar Record, recently published by Camb… 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

Antarctica New Zealand and Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a Memorandum of Arrangement (MoA), marking the start of a future collaboration in Antarctic research between the two countries. The MoA was for… Read More

Kia ora, I’m Caitlin Berquist, a Waikato University student originally hailing from Whakatāne in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. I was lucky enough to be awarded the 2024/25 BLAKE Antarctica ambassadorship in partnership with Antarcti… Read More