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Traverse 2
20 November 2023

Drilling deep into a remote part of Antarctica looking for clues to how fast the ice will melt

A large New Zealand-led team of researchers, engineers and drillers is hopefully just weeks away from starting drilling on an ambitious project to retrieve a deep sediment core from a remote area of Antarctica. Read More

NZDF training
13 November 2023

Surviving the cold

Antarctica New Zealand field training specialists support the Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) Training Centre on a five-day cold weather survival course on Mt Ruapehu. Read More

Traverse
13 November 2023

Antarctica New Zealand’s traverse team is on its way to the Kamb Ice Shelf

An international team is embarking on an expedition to recover a geological climate record from further and deeper into the West Antarctic Ice Sheet that has ever been obtained, to understand how quickly the ice sheet will melt a… Read More

Science Update 1
1 November 2023

Science Update - October 2023

Avian Influenza detected in Sub-Antarctic, studying the chemistry of the atmosphere, research highlights of 2022/23 and Community Engagement Programme applications open for 2024/25 season. Read More

Atmospheric weather testing. Photo: Dan Smale
30 October 2023

Studying the chemistry of the atmosphere

New Zealand scientists have been measuring atmospheric chemistry at Arrival Heights in Antarctica for four decades. They have been instrumental contributors to international assessments on ozone depletion and climate change. New … Read More

West Antaractica ripped from news agu org
25 October 2023

Rapid melting in West Antarctica is 'unavoidable', study finds

Newshub - Even if the world meets ambitious targets to limit global heating, West Antarctica will experience substantial ocean warming and ice shelf melting, according to a new study published in Nature Climate Change. Read More

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