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Antarctica is coming to Ōtautahi Christchurch, with the ‘Awesome Antarctica’ Days of Ice festival running from 2 to 8 October. Tūranga library will be the vortex of action during the week-long storm of events and festivities abou… Read More

New winter low for sea ice, Avian flu update, success for SPRINGFLY and Days of Ice Festival in Christchurch. Read More

Radio New Zealand - The New Zealand Defence Force's communications operator, Abbey Brown, is glad to be walking on ice after spending more than twenty-four hours in the air. She spoke to Corin Dann on RNZ's Morning Report. Read More

The penguin has landed! It was once, twice, three-times lucky for the crew heading to New Zealand’s Antarctic research station, Scott Base. The team of 43 landed safe and sound on the ice late yesterday afternoon, on their third … Read More

The New Zealand Defence Force’s (NZDF) long-running support to Antarctica New Zealand and science and research programmes is under way for the summer season as the first flights to the ice have begun. Read More

The Conversation - After two seasons of record-breaking lows, Antarctica’s sea ice remains in dramatic decline, tracking well below any winter maximum levels observed since satellite monitoring began during the late 1970s. Read More