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29 April 2020

April Update

Vision Mātauranga and new partnership with Deep South The Deep South National Science Challenge Kāhui Māori (Māori Council) has agreed to jointly support the Antarctic Science Platform to provide advice in relation to the Platfor… Read More

Scott Base Poppies2 Jonny Harrison
24 April 2020

The world’s southernmost ANZAC service

This Saturday morning, the team of 11 Antarctica New Zealand employees wintering over at Scott Base, will hold a special ANZAC Day service on the ice. Every year the winter over teams hold a small service on the 25th of April, bu… Read More

Ground View Hagglund GREEN med
16 April 2020

Business as unusual – designing through COVID-19

Like the rest of the country, the Scott Base Redevelopment (SBR) team is taking precautions to help stop the transmission of COVID-19. Our focus is to maximise the health and wellbeing of our people and minimise disruption to the… Read More

Sarah airriess
15 April 2020

Ex-Dinsney animator brings Antarctic story to life

After working on Frozen and Big Hero 6, Sarah Airriess left Hollywood to create a graphic novel adaptation on The Worst Journey in the World Read More

Rory project
8 April 2020

"Positive mindset, optimisim and a bottomless pit of patience and tolerance"

Rory O'Connor talks to the project about life at Scott Base during the Covid-19 pandemic and how they handle 13 months of isolation on ice. Read More

Rory O Connor
7 April 2020

Jigsaws and curiosity: An insight into coping in coronavirus lockdown from the most isolated place on earth

When the South Pole is a closer neighbour than the head office in Christchurch, you know you are in a remote and isolated place. Read More

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