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New Zealand has a near-century old toehold in Antarctica. It will cost $150m to keep it. In the 1980s, when the ozone hole was the most important research effort underway in Antarctica, a new lab was tacked on to the west end of … Read More

Chris Ansin recalls with exhilaration the moments he lay holding down the roof of an historic Antarctic hut – pummelled by bitterly cold gale-force winds. Read More

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. Chris Ansin recalls with exhila… Read More

Antarctic scientists have found a way to help us better predict our weather forecasts in New Zealand. A lot of the research is being done by remote control. Helium balloons linked to the internet have been launched over the ice t… Read More

A frozen desert home to scientists, researchers, penguins and seals, Antarctica is not the kind of place you expect to find dancers performing outdoors especially given temperatures as low as -89.2C. At the height of summer, it r… Read More

After five years of work, led by New Zealand and the United States, the world's second-largest marine protected area (MPA) has officially come into action in waters off Antarctica. The Ross Sea MPA safeguards more than 1.55 milli… Read More