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Ross Sea Voyage 2024 RV Laura Bassi travels along the Ross Ice Shelf January 2024 Photo by Lana Young
19 February 2024

Voyage to solve the mystery of Antarctica’s plummeting sea ice

Ocean scientist Craig Stevens and 11 other Kiwis are on board Italian research vessel, the Laura Bassi, which is currently off the coast of Antarctica studying the Ross Sea. Read More

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9 February 2024

Scott Base Redevelopment Project Director

Scott Base Redevelopment Project Director and General Manager for Engineering, Jon Ager, has decided to return home to the United Kingdom for family reasons, but not before he has helped to identify a way forward for the Scott Ba… Read More

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1 February 2024

Science Update - January 2024

Survey success for the Adélie penguin census, drilling outcomes from SWAIS2C on the Siple Coast and updates from the 2023/24 Ross Sea Voyage. Read More

Coring Team
31 January 2024

SWAIS2C team ‘tantalisingly close’ to vital climate secrets

An international team has successfully drilled through 580 metres of ice, obtained the longest sediment core ever retrieved from the remote Siple Coast, and gathered crucial information in their mission to understand the West Ant… Read More

Adelies
17 January 2024

Adélie penguin's big swim

TVNZ - A rare penguin is getting fattened up in its new temporary home after travelling thousands of kilometres from Antarctica to the bottom of the South Island. Read More

Dr Charles Lee and terrestrial ecosystems team in the Mcmurdo Dry Valleys 2023-2024
17 January 2024

Measuring Antarctic melt with moss

Radio New Zealand - How do know our climate's changing? One way is moss! Dr Charles Lee, a microbial ecologist, just returned from his 15th Antarctic tour where drones and high-res imagery helped establish a baseline for vegetati… Read More

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