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14 February 2017

Whales, drones and ice: Six bold new Kiwi studies

Whales, toothfish and the enigma that is Antarctica's sea ice will be targeted in six urgent Kiwi studies on the frozen continent and in the Southern Ocean. Read More

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13 February 2017

New Zealand on Ice

Twenty year old able seaman Ramon Tito, the youngest of HMNZS Endeavour’s crew, hoisted the flapping New Zealand flag into the crisp air and fixed its lanyard to a flagstaff once used by the explorer Robert Falcon Scott. The obse… Read More

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9 February 2017

The impact of our warming world on Earth’s ice

Top international scholars will gather at Victoria University of Wellington next week to discuss the connections between Earth’s frozen waters and the global climate system. Read More

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8 February 2017

Kapiti's Randal Heke proud of Scott Base construction and restoration 60 years on

A Kapiti man is delighted part of his construction in one of the planet's harshest climates stands good as new, 60 years on. Read More

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8 February 2017

Conservation efforts underway on Scott statue

A restoration plan for the statue has been announced today on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the statue's unveiling. Read More

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25 January 2017

Winners or losers? Antarctic starfish and climate change

It was a milestone year. In 2016, rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured more than 400 parts per million for the entire year, for the first time in more than 4 million years. Read More

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