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24 November 2023

Kiwi scientists complete world-first mission inside Antarctica's Mt Erebus volcano

Scientists have successfully extracted one of the rarest and oldest living organisms on Earth from Mount Erebus in Antarctica. Read More

Sea ice photo by Tim Haskell
21 November 2023

New Zealand scientists warn Antarctica's disappearing sea ice will directly impact life here

Antarctica New Zealand's Chief Scientist, Jordy Hendrikx, describes the direct impact of Antarctica's disappearing sea ice in New Zealand. Read More

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

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