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Antarctica New Zealand has a new Project Director steering the redevelopment of New Zealand’s home on the ice. Jon Ager has been brought on to lead the delivery of the Scott Base Redevelopment project and manage Antarctica New Ze… Read More

A team of Antarctic scientists is breaking new ground – or ice at least – in scientific research. They’ve designed a cutting-edge device to measure supercooled ocean water under sea ice. The Kiwi-led project, funded by the Marsd… Read More

A University of Otago-led study has found evidence of a diverse community of microbes that thrive in the cold, dark, low-energy environment beneath Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf, hundreds of kilometres from the open ocean. The stu… Read More

Staff celebrating a white Christmas at Antarctica's Scott Base have set themselves a seemingly daunting annual task - a DIY gift made on the ice. Read More

It’s an exciting time to be joining Antarctica New Zealand – we’ve received Government funding to redevelop Scott Base, which will see the existing base, built in the 1980s and made up of 12 buildings, replaced by three large int… Read More