Australian Antarctic Division: Leading Australia’s Antarctic Program

Latest news

• 22 August 2019

  Increasing water storage for Davis station
  Davis research station will soon have improved water security due to a 50 per cent increase in storage capacity.

• 20 August 2019

  Microscopic Macquarie Island plant named after Antarctic ecologist
  A tiny freshwater plant with glass-like cell walls has been named after an Australian Antarctic Division ecologist.

• 19 August 2019

  Captains announced for RSV Nuyina
  Two experienced Captains for Australia's new icebreaker have been announced.

Features

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

• Australian Antarctic Magazine
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Antarctic locations

Find out more about our stations and key locations.