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About 40 jobs are on offer for those willing to brave sub-zero temperatures and work in one of the most remote places on earth. Antarctica New Zealand has launched a nation‑wide recruitment drive, inviting people across Aotearoa… Read More

A New Zealand co-led international team has drilled the longest-ever sediment core from under an ice sheet, providing a record stretching back millions of years that will help climate scientists forecast the fate of the ice sheet… Read More

The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Government of New Zealand, hereinafter referred to as the “Participants”, share a commitment to the Antarctic Treaty System, both being Consultative Parties to the Antarct… Read More

The world's climate scientists are gathering in Wellington this week to discuss how climate change-induced ice melt could accelerate sea-level rise, increase flooding, and cause more intense storms in Aotearoa and across the glob… Read More

In this update we wish you a happy Holidays, the Community Engagement programme opens, and we look at declining sea ice. Read More

An international team has set up a remote camp on the ice 700 km from Scott Base to attempt to drill for mud and rocks holding critical insights about the fate of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in our warming world. The vast West … Read More