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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

Climate change is causing Antarctic ice shelves to crack and melt. Read More

We all have an inkling we should care about one of the remotest locations on earth - Antarctica - but few of us know much about it; not only because most of us can't go there, but much of the world-leading science from the ice ha… Read More

In January 2017, international voices in science, art, entrepreneurship and more came together, in the most remote location on Earth, to broadcast their ideas to the world. Read More

The New Zealand Defence Force has jumped into action in Antarctica after an icebreaker cleared a 35-kilometre channel to the ice pier, enabling them to fetch annual supplies for McMurdo Station and Scott Base. Read More

Since then, New Zealand has had a permanent presence on the ice, as the steward of the Ross Dependency – a triangular wedge of Antarctica that spans 50 degrees of longitude and reaches the Pole. Read More