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Venturing into the icy tundra of Antarctica, Matthew Jordan braced himself against the -29 degree cold, for he, with camera in hand, was on a mission. The Perth man was about to capture one of nature's most dazzling spectacles, w… Read More

Icefin's new research, protecting penguins from bird flu and the Antarctic Science Platform's mid-term review. Read it all in the March Science Update. Read More

The New Zealand Defence Force’s tri-Service Operation Antarctica is one of New Zealand Defence Force's oldest missions, with personnel being involved since 1957. At the helm is Senior National Officer Major Lucy Wright, who works… Read More

A Kiwi scientist collecting penguin poo in a bid to save Antarctic colonies from a dangerous strain of bird flu says "once you get over the smell, it's fantastic". Read More

Professor Craig Cary wasn’t planning to spend part of his 2022/23 Antarctic deployment trekking around a penguin colony, collecting poo samples. Fortunately for the penguins, a rapid response to the threat of bird flu resulted in… Read More

From his office at NIWA headquarters in Wellington, scientist Craig Stewart gets updates from the Southern Ocean, where climate change is starting to melt the ice shelves. Read More