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3 July 2026
June Science Update
Matariki takeover!!! Learn all about last season's mātauranga Māori research projects, find Vision Mātauranga resources and learn more about the Māori New Year in Antarctica. Read More
9 June 2026
RNZ I Scottish-Kiwi chef chases the most unusual kitchen jobs
From teaching rangatahi to cook in the wilderness at Hillary Outdoors, to feeding hundreds of soldiers and serving researchers and crew at Scott Base, Barry Fairbanks has spent decades chasing jobs that are anything but ordinary. Read More
2 June 2026
TVNZ I SWAIS2C sediment core analysis underway at Otago University
A team of international scientists have gathered in Dunedin to analyse evidence of when ice melted in the past, to predict future sea level rise. The samples were collected in one of the world's most remote sites in West Antarcti… Read More
2 June 2026
University of Canterbury I New tech enables scientists to see emperor penguins in darkness
In a new development, researchers are bouncing radar signals from satellites to see emperor penguin huddles through the dark Antarctic winter, helping improve estimates of the endangered species’ breeding population. Read More
28 May 2026
Two more floats in the ocean for massive international collaboration
Two Argo floats arrived in Wellington this month, on their way to join a team of 4,000 that are floating in oceans around the world. The floats are a kind of ocean sampling “robot” that are designed to drift in currents and measu… Read More
28 May 2026
May Science Update
News from the SHIRE, full moon observations at Arrival Heights and new Argo floats for the Southern Ocean Read More
Archive
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2026
- June Science Update
- RNZ I Scottish-Kiwi chef chases the most unusual kitchen jobs
- TVNZ I SWAIS2C sediment core analysis underway at Otago University
- University of Canterbury I New tech enables scientists to see emperor penguins in darkness
- Two more floats in the ocean for massive international collaboration
- May Science Update
- New Zealand reaffirms commitment to Antarctica at annual meetings
- April Science Update
- March Science Update
- February Science Update
- Mighty Indeed: South of the South Tour
- Antarctica is calling: Applications open for Scott Base crew
- SWAIS2C I Record-breaking sediment core provides unprecedented evidence of West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat
- Science Minister boosts Antarctic tech as the world's cryosphere scientists gather in Wellington
- January Science Update
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2025
- December Science Update
- SWAIS2C: Mission for ancient climate clues beneath 500m of Antarctic ice
- Earth Sciences NZ I NZ and US studying huge unknown in Antarctic climate science
- Science Update - November 2025
- NZ-UAE Antarctic research collaborations
- NZ and US deepen Antarctic science partnership
- Antarctic Science Platform Impact Portfolio Goes Live
- RNZ I Governor-General visits Scott Base
- Antarctica New Zealand Annual Report 2024/25
- NZDF I Resourceful Navy musician realises Antarctic dream, armed with plastic French horn
- Science Update - October 2025
- Earth Sciences New Zealand | Antarctic methane discoveries skyrocket
- Science Update - September 2025
- A new destiny for Scott Base plastics – environmental policy in action
- Antarctic Film Festival 2025
- Science Update - August 2025
- NZDF l Mid-winter medical evacuation
- Science Update - July 2025
- Mighty Indeed: Sea ice scientists shine in award-winning film
- Antarctica scholarships 2025: Ocean detectives
- RNZ I Clues on how life survived the ice age
- New Zealand and Switzerland team up for Antarctic science
- Science Update - June 2025
- A new chapter for the Antarctic Science Platform
- New construction partner announced for Scott Base Redevelopment
- Update on Catalyst Strategic New Zealand – United States Joint Antarctic Research Programme
- Science Update - May 2025
- NIWA I Antarctic clean-up challenges
- SWAIS2C I Searching for ice sheet insights in sedimentary ancient DNA
- New Zealand signs Memorandum of Arrangement with United Arab Emirates
- Unforgettable experience for BLAKE ambassador
- Workshop to discuss new NZ-US science funding
- NZDF I Aviator awestruck by Antarctica as RNZAF continues aerial support to ice
- NZDF I Non-stop daylight for Northland firefighter in Antarctica
- Antarctic climate mission extended to 14 years
- Science Update - April 2025
- RNZ I Why New Zealand's Antarctic crew love the winter
- NZDF I A song of ice and a firefighter
- NZDF I Antarctica - Our 70 year legacy
- Otago Daily Times I Research promises more precise predictions
- RNZ I Voice of the Sea Ice 06: Where to from here for the climate?
- RNZ I Voice of the Sea Ice 05: Changing times
- The Press I An avalanche changed the career of Antarctica New Zealand’s new boss
- New funding boosts Antarctic science and collaboration
- Science Update - March 2025
- University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka I Study will improve predictions of ice sheet movement
- RNZ I Voice of the Sea Ice 04: More life!
- RNZ I Voice of the Sea Ice 03: Life!
- RNZ l Voice of the Sea Ice 02: Antarctica's heartbeat
- Scott Base Redevelopment seeks main contractor for reset
- RNZ l Voice of the Sea Ice 01: A land of ice and ambition
- Science Update - February 2025
- Chris Lynch Media I Antartica New Zealand launches nationwide recruitment drive
- RNZ I Dozens of jobs open up ... in Antarctica
- Stuff I Forty jobs up for grabs at Scott Base in Antarctica
- NZ Herald I First-of-its-kind study: How Antarctica’s melting ice sheet could change NZ’s climate patterns
- New Chief Executive for Antarctica New Zealand
- Scott Base is calling
- Seven Sharp I Scott Base is calling
- Our Changing World: Searching for extreme life
- Celebrating women in science
- Beehive | Land Information Minister to tour Antarctic monitoring sites
- Science Update - January 2025
- Scott Base unites for 24 hour skiathon
- TVNZ | Scott Base hosts 24-hour ski-a-thon under the midnight sun
- NIWA | Antarctic voyage to venture further south than ever before
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2024
- BBC | Mushy ice and lost kit: The scientists studying Antarctica as it melts
- The Press | Antarctic pioneers honoured for decades of preservation and conservation
- TVNZ | BBQ in the snow: NZDF troops celebrate Christmas overseas
- Science Update - December 2024
- The Press | Marlborough man's white Christmas in Antarctica
- Beehive | Antarctica New Zealand Board appointment
- RNZ | Our Changing World: New Antarctic methane seeps
- LINZ maintains important infrastructure in Antarctica
- RNZ | Our Changing World: The glass sponges of Antarctica
- Beehive | Catalyst Fund updated for global impact
- Science Update - November 2024
- NZDF | First flight to ice for Air Force’s new C-130J Hercules
- A year in review: the 2023-24 Annual Report
- Beehive | Climate Minister to see Antarctica research first-hand
- Beehive | Antarctic cooperation at centre of Scott Base visit
- RNZ | Is the West Antarctic ice sheet already doomed?
- International team launch second attempt to drill deep for Antarctic climate clues
- RNZ | Cooking in the coldest environment on earth
- Science Update - October 2024
- New GM appointed to lead Antarctic Operations
- A taste of Antarctica comes to Ōtautahi Christchurch
- Significant warming of Ross Sea region
- Antarctica says goodbye to Fat Albert
- Explore the gateway to Antarctica
- Antarctic-related activities boost New Zealand’s economy
- Science Update - September 2024
- Spirit of Service Awards: Woody wins!
- 50 shades of white
- Colours of Antarctica
- The Conversation I Why the ozone hole above Antarctica opening up each spring still matters
- Bird of the Year: Vote for me, the Adélie
- Science Update - August 2024
- Scientists in Chile question if Antarctica has hit a point of no return
- Scott Base Redevelopment confirms exit from port of Timaru land
- Rare Ernest Shackleton medal heading to NZ
- Scott Base Redevelopment regains momentum
- Radio NZ | Patrick Gower's most important documentary... so far
- Patrick Gower brings Antarctic science to New Zealand screens
- The Spinoff | Patrick Gower on his biggest story yet
- Stuff | Paddy On Ice
- Antarctica New Zealand Acting Chief Executive Appointment
- Antarctica New Zealand chief executive update
- Beehive | Antarctica New Zealand Board appointment
- Science Update - July 2024
- Antarctic chef on the challenges of cooking on ice
- Bringing Antarctica to the world
- New plan for Scott Base Redevelopment
- Science Update - June 2024
- Hot off the ice: Read the Science Achievements Report
- RNZAF carries out rare Antarctica mid-winter medical evacuation flight
- Update 5: Scott Base Redevelopment
- Project Update: Scott Base Redevelopment
- New Zealand leading Antarctic Environmental Committee
- Science Update - May 2024
- SWAIS2C core workshop offers first glimpse of sediment from below Ross Ice Shelf
- Germany and New Zealand team up for Antarctic science
- The dynamics of the atmosphere
- Science Update - April 2024
- Scott Base - southernmost ANZAC service
- West Antarctica’s ice sheet was smaller thousands of years ago – here’s why this matters today
- Update: Scott Base Redevelopment
- Antarctica season comes to a close while Hercules crew conducts medical evacuation
- Antarctica's sea ice hit another low this year
- Science Update - March 2024
- The Antarctic experience
- Podcast: The sea ice factories of Antarctica
- United Nations 'Red Alert'
- Renowned microbial biologist, Professor Craig Cary, leaves a legacy in extreme ecosystems
- Antarctica coasts becoming less icy
- Remembering Professor Craig Cary
- Worryingly fast Antarctic ice melt
- Science Update - February 2024
- Update: Scott Base Redevelopment
- Appointments to Antarctica New Zealand Board
- A summer on the ice: Antarctica is recruiting now
- Antarctica NZ recruiting for wide range of jobs including tradies, chefs, mechanics
- Come, make a difference - in Antarctica!
- Voyage to solve the mystery of Antarctica’s plummeting sea ice
- Scott Base Redevelopment Project Director
- Science Update - January 2024
- SWAIS2C team ‘tantalisingly close’ to vital climate secrets
- Adélie penguin's big swim
- Measuring Antarctic melt with moss
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2023
- SWAIS2C team melts 586.5m through ice to reach ocean below the Ross Ice Shelf
- Christmas in Antarctica
- Science Update - December
- Vital survey and infrastructure work on frozen continent
- Science Update - November
- Kiwi scientists complete world-first mission inside Antarctica's Mt Erebus volcano
- New Zealand scientists warn Antarctica's disappearing sea ice will directly impact life here
- Drilling deep into a remote part of Antarctica looking for clues to how fast the ice will melt
- Surviving the cold
- Antarctica New Zealand’s traverse team is on its way to the Kamb Ice Shelf
- Science Update - October 2023
- Studying the chemistry of the atmosphere
- Rapid melting in West Antarctica is 'unavoidable', study finds
- More than 200 scientists from 19 countries want to tell us the Southern Ocean is in trouble
- We landed a camera on Venus before seeing parts of our own oceans – it’s time to ramp up observations closer to home
- Ash buried in Antarctica from Taupō's big blow
- Update: Scott Base Redevelopment
- Winter crew stuck for few more days
- Calls for urgent emissions cuts as Antarctic sea ice 'drops off a cliff'
- '10 New Zealands' of Antarctic ice lost
- Emergency summit called in Wellington amid 'alarming' decline in Antarctic sea ice
- Some hope for emperor penguins
- Come and celebrate Awesome Antarctica!
- Science Update - September
- Crew lands in Antarctica after three attempts
- Third time lucky for Scott Base crew
- NZDF's Operation Antarctica underway
- More sea ice measurements and much better models
- Winter sea ice MIA, scientists convene emergency summit
- Record of abrupt change to global climate uncovered in Antarctic ice
- Nature paper: Research reveals climate record embedded in Antarctic ice
- Antarctica warming much faster than predicted
- Scott Base stamp collection: Home on Ross Island
- Early and long-lasting ozone hole, forecasts NIWA
- Community Engagement Programme applications are open
- Science Update - August
- Fresh findings add to fears iconic emperor penguin is on path to extinction
- Not a single emperor penguin chick survived spring in parts of Antarctica
- SOOS Symposium - Urgency of Southern Oceans research
- Science Update - July
- Concerns over melting sea ice dominates Antarctica conference
- Meltwater Is Slowing Deep-Ocean Currents
- Why Antarctica’s missing sea ice has scientists worried
- Antarctic scientists gather in Christchurch
- Future sea level rise in Aotearoa and Antarctica
- Friis Hills Drilling Project update
- Science Update - June
- SBR Update | June 2023
- Unique Antarctic ecosystem under threat from climate change
- Antarctic tipping points
- Feeling sad or SAD? Lessons from Antarctica on how to get through winter
- Science Update - May
- Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys haven't always been dry, study suggests
- What Antarctica can teach us about winter tramping
- New map unlocks deep digital data of Antarctica’s history
- Science Update - April
- Connecting with Scott Base now easier after Starlink installed
- Special update: New Zealand - Australia Antarctic Science Conference
- Starlink for Scott Base – but no phones during dinner!
- SBR Update | April 2023
- Stuff | Wind turbine replacement project to power Antarctica's Scott Base
- Antarctic fellowships and scholarship up for grabs
- New turbines for the windiest continent
- Why is Antarctic sea ice vanishing?
- Man braves freezing Antarctic winter night to capture natural spectacle
- Science Update - March
- Bringing the military and Antarctic science together
- Saving penguin colonies from bird flu by collecting poo
- Rapid response to protect penguins from bird flu
- I am a polar oceanographer – this is what I do
- Forty jobs advertised at Antarctica's Scott Base
- At the mercy of the ice
- Not the worst journey at all
- Receiving messages from the deep
- Stuff | New Scott Base research station set to sail for Antarctica in 2027
- Antarctic voyage to echo history
- Join us at Scott Base. We're hiring!
- Science Update - February 2023
- Lorde! That's good for climate change
- Highlights from a trip to Antarctica
- New research cracks climate-change mystery of Antarctic sea ice
- Science Update - January 2023
- Uncovering Antarctica secrets through international drilling initiative
- COVID at Scott Base
- NZDF: Decades of flying to the ice
- Science Update - New Zealand - Australia Antarctic Science Conference 2023
- Kiwi scientists involved in drill to uncover secrets of Antarctica's past
- The woman who hugs penguins
- NIWA scientists set sail for Antarctica
- Saving Antarctica’s emperors: Technology follows penguins’ every move
- ‘Sunlight streams in at 2am’
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2022
- Antarctic conservationist Nigel Watson receives medal
- NZ climate change researcher's Antarctic Christmas
- Soldier Dylan Robinson ready to spend Christmas in Antarctica
- Kiwi scientists unlocking carbon secrets in Antarctica
- What’s lurking under Antarctica’s Dry Valleys?
- Science Update - December 2022
- SBR Update | December 2022
- Monitoring climate change from Antarctica
- Anything but ‘boring’: What lies beneath at Scott Base wind farm
- Glacier sleuth trying to get more girls on ice
- Fresh understanding of ice age frequency
- Penguin flies high on TikTok
- Save the date! New Zealand – Australia Antarctic Science Conference 2023
- Science Update - November 2022
- Recovery from the ice
- Antarctic launch a success
- Timaru school kids experience Antarctica through Minecraft
- Farewell, Art Brown
- Scientists stamp their mark on sea ice
- Science Update - October 2022
- PM in Antarctica: Jacinda Ardern on ‘childhood hero’ Shackleton’s Hut, what ‘contested’ world means for the continent and climate change
- Fighting fires on ice
- Focus: PM Jacinda Ardern lands in Antarctica
- The Prime Minister has landed
- Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's flight boomerangs
- Last sunset at Scott Base
- Icy reception for Antarctic season opening
- Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to visit Antarctica for 65th anniversary of Scott Base
- Scott Base to welcome PM Jacinda Ardern
- SBR Update | October 2022
- Godspeed, with hope and urgency
- Science Update - September 2022
- Come and celebrate Days of Ice with us!
- Sea ice: What we know about its role, importance and future
- Te Radar brings Antarctica show to Christchurch for ice festival
- Let the science begin
- Isolation, darkness and science – the first winter at Vanda Station
- New Antarctica data reveals 'tipping point' for ice melt
- Scientists chart 45 million years of Antarctic temperature change
- Science on the horizon at Scott Base
- Inside Job: Karissa Hyde
- Robots being used to survey Ross Sea seafloor
- Robots race against climate change on seafloor
- Science Update - August 2022
- Creating a new Scott Base, one Minecraft block at a time
- Better connected thanks to Antarctica
- Build in Digital | Scott Base redevelopment: Offsite construction at the edge of the world
- Scott Base Redevelopment on track with detailed design phase almost complete
- Science Update - July 2022
- Ōtautahi Christchurch - Our gateway to Antarctic science
- Tonga volcano “afterglow” causes dazzling skies in Antarctica
- Tropical thunderstorms affect Antarctic melting
- Scholarships 2022: Making a difference to microplastics, penguins and carbon cycles
- Science Update - June 2022
- SBR Update | Green is the new base
- Colour of Antarctica's Scott Base rebuild to reflect history
- Keep it green: Scott Base to stay its signature colour
- Keeping Antarctica kākāriki: A green Scott Base wins New Zealanders' hearts
- The race for the base
- SBR Update | June 2022
- Antarctica New Zealand get first look inside Scott Base redesign
- First evidence of microplastics in Antarctic snow – new NZ research
- A map of the future
- ‘Hidden world’ of marine life discovered in Antarctic ‘river’ under ice
- Kiwi scientists make astonishing discovery hundreds of metres under Antarctic ice
- Honour for decades of Antarctic research
- Science Update - May 2022
- New Zealand's gateway to Antarctica
- Antarctica: coming to a postcode near you
- SBR Update | May 2022
- We need you to Colour Our Place, Scott Base!
- Predicting sea level rise for Aotearoa New Zealand
- Science Update - April 2022
- Elusive whales visit Scott Base
- Science Update - March 2022
- New building for science at Scott Base
- Q&A with Dan Wheway, Antarctica chef
- Science Update - February 2022
- Successful resupply mission to Antarctica proves capability of NZ Navy ship
- We're hiring! Come work at our place, Scott Base
- Exploring Antarctica’s hidden under-ice rivers and their role in future sea-level rise
- Science and machinery, with a side of sauce
- NZ Navy's new replenishment vessel sails on maiden voyage to Antarctica
- Science Update - January 2022
- SBR Update | January 2022
- The new face rebuilding Scott Base
- The hippest supercool science on Earth
- Microbe communities discovered under Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf
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2021
- Science Update - December 2021
- Secret Santa at Antarctica's Scott Base
- We're hiring! Wind Farm Upgrade roles
- SBR Update | December 2021
- The Bird that measures Antarctic ice
- New priorities approved for Antarctic and Southern Ocean research
- Science Update - November
- Marsden Success!
- 'Making a difference': Antarctic researchers honoured
- Drilling into Antarctica’s past to see our future
- SBR Update | November 2021
- It’s all about that Base
- UC research into decarbonising Antarctic science
- Searching for answers: Supercooled crystals and fast ice
- Science Update - October
- Antarctic science underpins urgency for climate action
- SBR Update | October 2021
- Green light to rebuild Scott Base
- Stuff | Government green lights renewal of historic Antarctic research base
- New ice drilling technology developed in Wellington on its way to Antarctica
- Antarctica NZ traverse team train for world's most extreme road trip
- Science Update - September 2021
- New lease of life for Antarctic sledges
- Boomerang from Scott Base
- Science Update August 2021
- SBR Update | August 2021
- 'Unexpectedly moving' - Kiwis welcome first sunrise in Antarctica in 6 months
- Antarctica New Zealand COVID-19 update
- DHL | Delivered. goes sub-zero with Nick Murdoch for Antarctic Logistics
- Science Update July 2021
- Feedback sought on Antarctic and Southern Ocean Research Directions and Priorities
- RNZAF medically evacuates person from Antarctica in high-risk mission
- Revealed: Scott Base rebuild cost comes with warnings over project size and scale
- Microscopic marine algae, frozen ice tongues and superstar scholarship students
- Unlocking the secrets of the southern right whale tohorā
- Science Update June 2021
- Procurement for Geomagnetic Huts
- 2021 Winter Updates
- Cold Antarctica and what this might mean for NZ’s ski season
- Subscribe for redevelopment updates
- SBR Update | May 2021
- Science Update - May 2021
- Take a look inside our new base
- TVNZ | Revealed: Inside Antarctica's soon to be re-vamped Scott Base
- Stuff | Watch: Take a sneak peek of the new $300m Scott Base
- NZ Herald | Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits Antarctica New Zealand after $344m funding boost for Scott Base makeover
- ChristchurchNZ | Christchurch A Winner As Government Confirms Scott Base Redevelopment
- The Guardian | Saving Scott Base: New Zealand’s ageing Antarctic station gets $300m lifeline
- Beehive | Budget 2021 safeguards the future of Scott Base
- NZ Herald | Budget 2021: $344m boost for Scott Base makeover
- Successful budget for Scott Base
- Learning to survive in Antarctica’s great outdoors
- Science Update - April
- 2021/22 season planning update
- Health and Safety and the journey across the world’s largest ice shelf
- Paul Woodgate, 40 years of “moving stuff”
- Science Update - March 2021
- 2019/20 Annual review of the New Zealand Antarctic Institute
- Diamond standards are a government agency’s best friend!
- Stuff | Scott Base: She's creaky but done us proud
- A whale of a time at Scott Base
- Keystone Trust | Scott Base Redevelopment - Karissa Hyde
- Stuff | More plants could begin to 'invade the Antarctic Peninsula' as the frozen continent warms
- Stuff | Leaky buildings and ageing electrics: Report reveals poor state of Scott Base
- Science Update - February 2021
- Scott Base Redevelopment: Comprehensive Environmental Evaluation
- Iceperts arrive in Christchurch
- Ride in Scott Base style
- What the future could hold for Antarctica’s unique ecosystems
- Science Update - January 2021
- Scott Base Redevelopment: Weather Station relocation
- Science Update - December 2020
- Bird's Icy View
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2020
- Lorde’s Voyage to the End of the World
- Lorde on Going South
- Antarctic scientists support climate emergency
- 2021 Antarctic Science Conference
- Science Update - November 2020
- November Update
- Scott Base staff continue Antarctic scientific project with coaching from New Zealand-based experts
- Contaminants expected in very old Antarctic penguin poo
- Icy science, but without the scientists on ice
- Antarctic research receives huge support in this year’s Marsden funding round
- Science Update - October 2020
- Can kids ace our base?
- Welcome to our Antarctic whanau Dr Dan
- September Update
- Science Update - September 2020
- Supercomputers and super cool science
- From the coldest place to the toughest race
- Stuff | Antarctica NZ planning for sea level rise – and fall – at Scott Base
- Days of Ice - Celebrate with us!
- Science Update - August 2020
- Antarctica through fresh eyes - a tauira film competition
- Supporting our rising stars
- New Board members for Antarctica New Zealand
- Ice-olation for Antarctica New Zealand
- A Green Building on the White Continent
- Science Update - July 2020
- The Warming South Pole
- Scott Base Winter Updates
- Kāhui Māori to protect and guide Antarctic as well as climate adaptation research
- This is Us - Aimee and Joey - Antarctica
- June Update
- Science Update- June 2020
- Congratulations to the Melting Ice and Rising Seas team
- Science on Ice
- NZ company to rebuild our home in Antarctica
- COVID-19 Impacts Antarctic Field Season
- Science Update- May 2020
- May Update
- Polar Journal | Facelifting for New Zealand’s Antarctic station
- Webinar: Redeveloping Scott Base for the future
- Highlights from the 2019/20 field season- SOOS
- New additions to the Redevelopment project team
- Emotive new documentary episode highlights Antarctica’s global role in sea level rise
- Antarctica New Zealand COVID-19 response update
- Science Update: April 2020
- April Update
- The world’s southernmost ANZAC service
- Business as unusual – designing through COVID-19
- Ex-Dinsney animator brings Antarctic story to life
- "Positive mindset, optimisim and a bottomless pit of patience and tolerance"
- Jigsaws and curiosity: An insight into coping in coronavirus lockdown from the most isolated place on earth
- Science Update- March 2020
- Antarctica New Zealand Update
- Update from the ice
- Antarctica New Zealand COVID-19 response
- Remembering an Antarctic legend
- Science Update- Febraury 2020
- Kiwi construction companies vying for Earth's iciest rebuild in Antarctica
- Is this the world’s coldest job interview?
- Drilling for icy answers
- Science Update- January 2020
- Satellite fault at Scott Base
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2019
- Science Update- December 2019
- Our new rock-star Professor
- Tsunami report for Scott Base
- NZ scientists to probe climate threat frozen underground- Jamie Morton NZ Herald
- Antarctica to London
- Science Update- November 2019
- Scott Base remembers
- Ten million dollar plan
- Marsden success for Antarctic science projects
- Science Update- October 2019
- Associate Professor Nick Golledge awarded 2019 Hill Tinsley Medal
- Contestable funding recipients announced
- Science Update- September 2019
- Ngāi Tahu Tourism and Antarctica New Zealand launch partnership
- Could you build our base in Antarctica?
- Welcome Tim Naish
- Science Update- August 2019
- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) PhD Scholarship
- Marvellous modelling
- 60 years of the Antarctic Treaty
- Negative SAM and this week’s wintry weather
- Science Update- July 2019
- A childhood dream translated in conservation research
- Fire and ice
- From Greenland to Antarctica via Dunedin
- Antarctica, not all ice
- Significant funding boost for Kiwi Antarctic research programmes
- Antarctica's Scott Base to get $250 million upgrade
- Icebergs on ice
- Dramatic loss in Antarctic sea ice concerns NASA
- Science Update- June 2019
- First look at our coolest redevelopment
- The long, dark and very cold night: Antarctica in photographs
- Spotlight on Antarctic science
- Climate secrets buried deep beneath the Southern Ocean
- Millions of dollars for Antarctic research
- Applications open for four three-year research fellowships
- Science Update- April 2019
- New Chief Executive for Antarctica New Zealand
- Sun sets on another science season
- Youthfull toothfish abound
- Science Update- March 2019
- Māori Carvers head to Antarctica copy
- Antarctica Unfrozen, a podcast series
- Hip hop penguins and awe inspiring aurora
- Diving to new depths for Antarctic science
- Congratulations Professor James Renwick
- Science Update- February 2019
- Killer footage confirms toothfish on the menu
- In memory of Professor David Walton
- Bombs away in Terra Nova Bay
- How much coffee would you drink in a year?
- Science Update- January 2019
- Sir Ed's temperate legacy
- Antarctic stars in their eyes
- Jamie Morton's Antarctic Diary: Why Kiwis come to Scott Base
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2018
- Science Update- December 2018
- Science Update- November 2018
- Unfrozen funds for Antarctica
- NZ Schools visit Antarctica
- New Antarctic frontiers
- Science Update- October 2018
- From Antarctic ice to Jupiter's moon
- Collaborating under the ice
- Icy delay to Antarctica
- Canterbury student heads to Antarctica
- Science Update- September 2018
- The warmest farewell to the coldest travellers
- Into the East
- Science Update- August 2018
- Science Update- July 2018
- Forests of the Southern Ocean
- Wherever the wind - and climate drivers - carry her!
- Seismic Excitement
- Science Update- June 2018
- International Antarctic role for Otago Professor
- Science Update- May 2018
- Science Update- April 2018
- Antarctica: The First Dance
- Rare footage of whales captured in Antarctica
- Staying South
- X-raying Antarctica
- New Zealands Coolest Redevelopment
- Buffeted bt wind, history and amazing people
- Buffeted by wind, history and amazing people
- Antarctic scientists help Kiwi weather models by releasing hi-tech helium balloons linked to the internet
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2017
- Dancing on Antarctica ice a historic first for Kiwi dancer
- Antarctica's Ross Sea massive marine protected area comes into force
- Massive MPA comes into force off Antarctica
- What lies beneath: Why NZ's slice of Antarctica is at the centre of an eco-mystery
- Camping on the ice at Scott Base
- Diving Scientists Report 'Big Changes' Beneath Antarctic Ice Shelf
- 'Unusual' seal pup spot near Scott Base
- 'Daunting' Antarctic sea ice plummet could be tipping point
- Pioneering Antarctic women honoured at Scott Base
- Antarctic tourism booming, but at a cost
- What it's like to camp in Antarctica
- Antarctic orca check out their world
- Fire and ice: Mapping the magma flow to Antarctica's most active volcano
- Otago zoologist honoured by national scientific peers through 2017 Marsden Medal
- Emperor penguins in Antarctica curious about making a friend
- Antarctica's contribution to sea level rise
- Penguins die in 'catastrophic' Antarctic breeding season
- Scientists to explore 120,000yo ecosystem uncovered after trillion-ton iceberg break
- Ice Ice Baby: Making science and family work!
- Place Personified
- Antarctic Air Day
- Filming under water life in Antarctica in 360 Virtual Reality
- Antarctic sea ice levels hit record low, but experts are not sure why
- Nelson artist's exhibition documents Antarctic journeys of Scott and Shackleton
- Big Antarctic iceberg edges out to sea
- Voting from Overseas: A Dummies Guide for New Zealanders
- Ten Christchurch art exhibitions to see this September
- Antarctic labs overhaul just the beginning for supercool Scott Base
- Postcards to Antarctica
- Life membership ‘quite a shock’
- The winners and losers of Antarctica's great thaw
- Warming Antarctica becoming more hospitable to animals which could lead to some epic battles
- 'We're on a really steep learning curve'
- Scientists in Antartica painting a bleak picture for low lying New Zealand coastal communities
- Mystery of Antarctic sea ice investigated by science and art
- Alarm over Antarctic data
- Record decline in Antarctic sea ice
- Century-old polar samples yield new insights
- Antarctic storm: 'Like living in a wind tunnel'
- Kiwi researchers discover 'almost perfectly preserved' 118-year-old painting in Antarctica
- Science on ice
- Is the collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet inevitable?
- The G&T effect: Antarctica is melting differently than the Arctic
- To The Ice
- Antarctic Scott Base revamp on cards with $4m allocated to Kiwi base in budget
- New funding for Antarctica presence
- National Portrait: Peter Beggs, the NZ boss of white, odourless Antarctica
- The Antarctic frontier: developing research in an extreme environment
- Jamie Curry's Antarctic adventure a YouTube hit
- Iceberg replica to appear on Auckland War Memorial Museum
- Prime Minister's Science Prizes Announced
- 3.6 Million More Penguins Live in Antarctica Than Thought
- Four Kiwis reach peak of Antarctica's Mt Scott
- Whales, drones and ice: Six bold new Kiwi studies
- New Zealand on Ice
- The impact of our warming world on Earth’s ice
- Kapiti's Randal Heke proud of Scott Base construction and restoration 60 years on
- Conservation efforts underway on Scott statue
- Winners or losers? Antarctic starfish and climate change
- Beneath the Ross Ice Shelf
- When entertainment meets science: Hosting a TEDx talk on ice.
- TEDxScottBase
- 'We couldn't do it without the Kiwis' - NZDF drive unique fleet of trucks to fetch annual supplies in Antarctica
- A TEDx event in Antarctica marks Scott Base’s 60th anniversary
- 'Antarctica is calling out for us to help her' - Hollywood journalist Ashlan Cousteau
- Antarctic visitor numbers spark strong views at Scott Base anniversary event
- A journey to Antarctica: Life on the frozen planet
- New Zealand is set to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Scott Base in style, with the entire event broadcast online around the world.
- Antarctica NZ to mark 60th anniversary by hosting first ever worldwide broadcast from Scott Base
- Huge iceberg poised to break off Antarctica
- Student helps preserve Hillary's Antarctic legacy
- Jane Ussher on photographing Antarctica
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2016
- East Antarctica is Melting From Above and Below
- Digital Mapping of Antarctica
- Trinity Roots' Warren Maxwell ventures to Antarctica for fresh sounds, inspriation
- Antarctic Starfish
- Life on the ice: A glimpse of Antarctica
- A day in the life of an Antarctic researcher
- TEDxScottBase: More than science planned!
- Wigmore, astronaut in Antarctic Ted Talk
- Millions to see Otago's cool research
- Stunning images show Antarctica in all its breathtaking glory as a crew of scientists visit the Peninsula to chase whales and battle the freezing conditions
- Kiwi scientists shine in Continent 7: Antarctica
- Nat Geo doco follows Kiwi science on ice
- Major diplomatic coup for NZ as world's largest marine reserve gets the tick
- Tributes flow for NZDF, Antarctica stalwart
- Kiwi filmmaker touches down home after year in Antarctica
- Artist & scientist join forces to make climate change cool in the classroom
- Kiwi star Jamie Curry off to Antarctica
- Spending time with Antarctic penguins
- Antarctica pumps $178 million into NZ economy
- Beautiful drone footage of right whales off coast of NZ
- Antarctica ice shelf at risk from huge, spreading crack
- High Tech Drones Capture Whale Data
- Enviro-Mark Solutions is inspiring action for a better environment.
- Ice Age characters take advantage of new winter flights to Antarctica
- After warming fast, part of Antarctica gets a chill - study
- New Zealand to buy $493m naval tanker
- New research explains why Antarctic sea ice has grown
- Oldest Antarctic relics being conserved by Canterbury Museum
- Century-old artefacts retrieved from forgotten Antarctica site
- Antarctica NZ photo archive goes online
- Glacier melt to drown historic Antarctica New Zealand site
- Meet New Zealand’s extreme scientists
- Notorious Ocean Current Is Far Stronger Than Previously Thought
- Big Read: A to Z guide to the Antarctic