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Boxfish ROC under the sea ice at Cape Evans by Anthony Powell 2021
1 September 2022

Robots being used to survey Ross Sea seafloor

New Zealand's Antarctic scientists are using underwater robots to survey the seafloor of the Ross Sea. Through videos and specimens collected by the robots, they want to understand how climate change has impacted the marine ecosy… Read More

K882 Lily Pryor Rogers and Jack Massuger prepare to moor an instrument array which will monitor enviornmental conditions on the seafloor at Cape Evans Antarctica
31 August 2022

Robots race against climate change on seafloor

New Zealand’s Antarctic scientists are racing to document life on the seafloor in the Ross Sea before ecosystems change, possibly forever, as the world warms. Underwater robots have been deployed to conduct ‘speed sampling’, cove… Read More

Minecraft
18 August 2022

Creating a new Scott Base, one Minecraft block at a time

Excitement is building in Timaru as construction work is set to begin on the $344 million Scott Base Redevelopment Rebuild. And that proved the foundation for a virtual initiative for hundreds of local students to create the base… Read More

Geomagnetic Huts In Place Antarctica New Zealand Matthew Jordan
15 August 2022

Better connected thanks to Antarctica

Not many Kiwis know that we connect to Antarctica every time we open a map on our phones – thanks to data collected by the Scott Base Geomagnetic Observatory! As well as supplying data for smartphone orientation, geomagnetic meas… Read More

Current Scott Base
11 August 2022

Build in Digital | Scott Base redevelopment: Offsite construction at the edge of the world

One of the world's most ambitious offsite construction projects is underway in Antarctica. Siôn Geschwindt explores the nuts and bolts of the Scott Base Redevelopment Read More

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