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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

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

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

TVNZ 1News - The challenge now is to melt enough snow to keep the hole in the Ross Ice Shelf open while scientists deploy instruments and retrieve sediment cores. Read More

Radio New Zealand - It's nearly Christmas, even in Antarctica! Jenn Danis is "camp mum" to researchers and engineers currently working at Kamb Ice Stream, more than a thousand kilometres from Scott Base. Read More

A recap of science in Antarctica over the year, a MERRY-KISMAS from SWAIS2C, the deep-field camp at the Kamb Ice Stream (KIS3) on the Siple Coast, and upcoming news on the Ross Sea Voyage in 2024. Read More