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1 June 2017

To The Ice

Would you want to go to Antarctica? Well of course, why wouldn’t you? Actually, people I talked to before my trip – adults and children –divided fairly evenly between the two extremes of yes, definitely and no, never. Read More

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26 May 2017

Antarctic Scott Base revamp on cards with $4m allocated to Kiwi base in budget

New Zealand certainly isn't giving Antarctica the cold shoulder, pouring $9.6 million into its presence on the icy continent in the coming years. Read More

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25 May 2017

New funding for Antarctica presence

New funding of $9.6 million in Budget 2017 will see New Zealand’s presence in Antarctica continue while cementing the Government’s commitment to the continent, Foreign Affairs Minister Gerry Brownlee says. Read More

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20 May 2017

National Portrait: Peter Beggs, the NZ boss of white, odourless Antarctica

Great white nothingness. How else to describe it? Antarctica is a place where things have been taken away. Read More

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8 May 2017

The Antarctic frontier: developing research in an extreme environment

Antarctica represents a unique and powerful natural laboratory for science and international collaboration. Antarctic scientists are constantly forging new frontiers in understanding the drivers and feedbacks in the Earth’s clima… Read More

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2 May 2017

Jamie Curry's Antarctic adventure a YouTube hit

A new YouTube series following the Antarctic adventures of Kiwi internet sensation Jamie Curry has proven a hit, pulling in two million views and rising. Read More

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