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Ocean scientist Craig Stevens and 11 other Kiwis are on board Italian research vessel, the Laura Bassi, which is currently off the coast of Antarctica studying the Ross Sea. Read More

TVNZ - A rare penguin is getting fattened up in its new temporary home after travelling thousands of kilometres from Antarctica to the bottom of the South Island. Read More

Radio New Zealand - How do know our climate's changing? One way is moss! Dr Charles Lee, a microbial ecologist, just returned from his 15th Antarctic tour where drones and high-res imagery helped establish a baseline for vegetati… Read More

TVNZ 1News - The challenge now is to melt enough snow to keep the hole in the Ross Ice Shelf open while scientists deploy instruments and retrieve sediment cores. Read More

Radio New Zealand - It's nearly Christmas, even in Antarctica! Jenn Danis is "camp mum" to researchers and engineers currently working at Kamb Ice Stream, more than a thousand kilometres from Scott Base. Read More

A piece of frozen, rocky ground at Antarctica’s Arrival Heights now hosts important infrastructure that will help deliver more accurate, more reliable GPS to New Zealand and Australia. Read More