Latest Updates
11 October 2021
New ice drilling technology developed in Wellington on its way to Antarctica
A brand new piece of ice drilling technology developed in Wellington has begun its journey to Antarctica. It will help scientists understand the impact of climate change on the platelet ice crystals of the Southern Ocean. Read More
7 October 2021
Science Update - September 2021
30 September 2021
New lease of life for Antarctic sledges
Sometimes they just don’t make them like they used to.That’s certainly the case for three old timber sledges that have just been carefully maintained before they head back down to Scott Base for another busy season to help measur… Read More
24 September 2021
Boomerang from Scott Base
One false start and they’re off!The first cohort of Scott Base staff flew out of Christchurch this morning for Antarctica – marking the start of New Zealand’s 2021/22 summer season.They NEARLY got there on Monday, but the Royal N… Read More
31 August 2021
Science Update August 2021
25 August 2021
'Unexpectedly moving' - Kiwis welcome first sunrise in Antarctica in 6 months
As New Zealand settles into lockdown, Kiwis in the most isolated place in the world are welcoming their relative freedom, watching the sun rise for the first time in six months. Read More
Archive
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2021
- New ice drilling technology developed in Wellington on its way to Antarctica
- Science Update - September 2021
- New lease of life for Antarctic sledges
- Boomerang from Scott Base
- Science Update August 2021
- 'Unexpectedly moving' - Kiwis welcome first sunrise in Antarctica in 6 months
- Antarctica New Zealand COVID-19 update
- 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
- Science Update - May 2021
- Take a look inside our new base
- 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
- Diamond standards are a government agency’s best friend!
- Science Update - February 2021
- A whale of a time at Scott Base
- 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 onference
- 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
- Antarctic Science Platform Update: October
- Welcome to our Antarctic whanau Dr Dan
- PhD Scholarship - Machine learning for uncertainties of past ice-volume changes
- Science Update - September 2020
- September Update
- Introducing our modelling fellows
- Supercomputers and super cool science
- Science Update - August 2020
- August Update
- Antarctica's ICEperts - Drilling through the world’s largest ice shelf for a glimpse into the future
- Antarctica's ICEperts - Forays into Frozen Oceans
- New Board members for Antarctica New Zealand
- Antarctica's ICEperts - Diving in Antarctica
- Ice-olation for Antarctica New Zealand
- Science Update - July 2020
- July Update
- The Warming South Pole
- Humans are encroaching on Antarctica’s last wild places, threatening its fragile biodiversity
- Mātauranga Māori takes vital role in protecting Antarctic climate research
- Kāhui Māori to protect and guide Antarctic as well as climate adaptation research
- June Update
- Science Update- June 2020
- Congratulations to the Melting Ice and Rising Seas team
- Science on Ice
- COVID-19 Impacts Antarctic Field Season
- May Update
- Emotive new documentary episode highlights Antarctica’s global role in sea level rise
- April Update
- Two new PhD opportunities with Project Three
- PhD Scholarship: Distribution modelling of Antarctic species
- PhD Scholarship: Extracting and compiling knowledge of biology across the Ross Sea Region
- Drilling for icy answers
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2019
- Antarctica to London
- Ten million dollar plan
- Contestable funding recipients announced
- Welcome Tim Naish
- New Zealand scientists to launch world-leading climate change study in Antarctica
- Significant funding boost for Kiwi Antarctic research programmes
- 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
- Congratulations Professor James Renwick
- Antarctic stars in their eyes
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2018