Australian Antarctic Division: Leading Australia’s Antarctic Program

Latest news

• 31 March 2020

  First Antarctic heatwave recorded at Casey research station
  The first reported heatwave event at Casey research station was recorded during the 2019–2020 summer.

• 30 March 2020

  New plan for Australian Antarctic shipping
  The Australian Antarctic Division will use the icebreaker MPV Everest to resupply its Antarctic stations and sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island next summer.

• 25 March 2020

  Australia's icebreaker arrives in Hobart after final Antarctic voyage
  Australia’s icebreaker RSV Aurora Australis has arrived into its homeport of Hobart for the final time with the Australian Antarctic Program.

Features

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• Proposed Davis aerodrome
  Creating unprecedented opportunities for science.

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

• Australian Antarctic Magazine
  December issue out now!

Antarctic locations

Find out more about our stations and key locations.