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A ground-breaking Antarctic drilling system has been designed and constructed in Porirua. "Sediment cores are crucial for climate studies as they allow us to glimpse into past periods when climate was warmer than today and like t… Read More

After a fantastic run since the start of the pandemic in 2020, COVID-19 reached our Antarctic research station in late January. The first positive case was detected on 24 January, the last on 30 January. We returned to normal ope… Read More

GPS-based technology is helping researchers to learn more about Antarctica’s majestic emperor penguins’ feeding patterns as part of efforts to protect the species from environmental threats. Birds at the Cape Crozier emperor colo… Read More

A team of international scientists will head back to Antarctica this month to try and unlock the carbon secrets of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. In an international collaboration with Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volca… Read More

A chance find of an unstudied Antarctic sediment core has flipped our understanding of how often ice ages occurred in Antarctica. Turns out, they were much more frequent than previously assumed. Read More

A social media post of a penguin stopping traffic at Scott Base has gone viral, with more than five and a half million views in two days! International media have already been in touch wanting to use the intriguing imagery. Matth… Read More