Australian Antarctic Division: Leading Australia’s Antarctic Program

Latest news

• 26 June 2019

  New Australian Antarctic Science Council meets
  The newly formed Australian Antarctic Science Council met in Canberra for the first time this week.

• 25 June 2019

  Antarctic laser probes ozone-eating clouds
  For the first time this Antarctic winter, but a little later than usual, polar stratospheric clouds have been detected above Davis research station.

• 21 June 2019

  Australians plunge into ice hole in midwinter dark
  It’s minus 23 degrees Celsius, dark and you’re standing on the edge of a hole dug into the sea-ice – what do you do?

Features

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• Australian Antarctic Magazine
  June issue out now!

• Australia’s new Antarctic icebreaker
  RSV Nuyina – a state-of-the-art ship.

• Antarctic Blue Whale and Krill Voyage 2019
  An ambitious 49 day voyage.

Antarctic locations

Find out more about our stations and key locations.