Latest Updates
31 May 2023
Science Update - May
Learn about the McMurdo Wet Valleys, sea ice and a new geological mapping database for Antarctica. Read More
31 May 2023
Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys haven't always been dry, study suggests
When were the Dry Valleys last wet? It’s a question that’s long puzzled Antarctic researchers, but Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington adjunct lecturer Dr Marjolaine Verret may now have the answer. Read More
19 May 2023
New map unlocks deep digital data of Antarctica’s history
Today marks a ground-breaking transformation in global Antarctic research, and a new way we understand the frozen continent. Documentation of the first open-access and comprehensive geological database of Antarctica, GeoMAP Antar… Read More
30 April 2023
Science Update - April
What caused the recent auroras, more from the Tangaroa voyage and how to register for the New Zealand - Australia Antarctic Science Conference. Read it here in the April Science Update. Read More
29 April 2023
Connecting with Scott Base now easier after Starlink installed
Connecting with Antarctica is now easier than ever with Starlink bringing a whole new world of communication. Read More
28 April 2023
Special update: New Zealand - Australia Antarctic Science Conference
Registrations are open, the deadline for abstracts has been extended, and student grants are available! Find out all the details in our special update. Read More
Archive
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2023
- Science Update - May
- Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys haven't always been dry, study suggests
- 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!
- Antarctic fellowships and scholarship up for grabs
- Why is Antarctic sea ice vanishing?
- Perth man braves freezing Antarctic winter night to capture natural spectacle
- Science Update - March
- Bringing the military and Antarctic science together
- Saving Antarctic 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
- The ice man
- Receiving messages from the deep
- Join us at Scott Base. We're hiring!
- Science Update - February 2023
- We're hiring! Construction Health & Safety Advisor – Scott Base Redevelopment
- 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
- Scott Base COVID-19 update
- 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
- https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/01/niwa-scientists-set-sail-for-antarctic-to-study-plankton.html
- Researchers to unveil Antarctic secrets
- Emperor penguins fitted with GPS to track feeding grounds
- Saving Antarctica’s emperors: Technology follows penguins’ every move
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2022
- Antarctic conservationist Nigel Watson receives medal for services
- NZ researcher in climate change team says Antarctica Christmas ‘like your own private bach’
- 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
- Monitoring climate change from Antarctica
- Glacier sleuth trying to get more girls on ice
- https://www.antarcticscienceplatform.org.nz/updates/fresh-understanding-of-ice-age-frequency
- Viral penguin at Scott Base
- 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
- 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 taken off for Antarctica (again!)
- 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
- Godspeed, with hope & urgency
- Science Update - September
- 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
- Entry 138471
- 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
- Creating a new Scott Base, one Minecraft block at a time
- Better connected thanks to Antarctica
- 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
- 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
- Antarctica: coming to a postcode near you
- 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
- Q&A with Dan Wheway, Antarctica chef
- 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
- Scott Base supply run: Science and machinery, with a side of sauce
- NZ Navy's new replenishment vessel sails on maiden voyage to Antarctica
- Science Update - January 2022
- The new face rebuilding Scott Base
- Microbe communities discovered under Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf
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2021
- Science Update - December
- The Bird that measures Antarctic ice
- Cabinet approves Aotearoa's 10 year research plan for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
- Science Update - November
- Marsden Success!
- 'Making a difference': Antarctic researchers honoured
- Drilling into Antarctica’s past to see our future
- UC research into decarbonising Antarctic science
- Searching for answers: Supercooled crystals and fast ice
- Science Update - October
- Antarctic science underpins urgency for climate action
- 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!
- A whale of a time at 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 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
- September Update
- Science Update - September 2020
- 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