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Antarctic krill, blue whales and the power of poo
The most comprehensive scientific voyage ever undertaken to study the largest creature on Earth and its food source heads to the Antarctic ice edge.
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Selfie-taking emperor penguins, a headless chicken monster and film star Sam Neill, its been another amazing year for the Australian Antarctic Program.
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On the Christmas menu in Antarctica
Since the earliest days of Antarctic exploration, the food and festivity of Christmas has been an important morale booster for expeditioners far from home.
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Marking the midnight sun in Antarctica
Antarctic expeditioners are reaching for their eye masks as the summer solstice arrives.
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A mobile air chemistry lab called AIRBOX is hitching a ride on Australia’s icebreaker.
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The bridge of Antarctic icebreaker RSV Nuyina has come a long way from a scale model on paper to a final functional design boasting cutting-edge technology.
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Aurora Australis sails to icy symphony
A celebrity composer is aboard Australia’s icebreaker, Aurora Australis, as it heads south for Casey research station this week.
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New Director of Australian Antarctic Division
A new Director of the Australian Antarctic Division has been announced by the Federal Minister for the Environment today.
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Dr Nick Gales ends unique Antarctic journey
The Director of the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), Dr Nick Gales, ends his long career with the Program on 29 November.
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A special delivery of 10,000 live Antarctic krill arrived in Hobart today aboard Australia’s icebreaker, Aurora Australis.
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Australian Antarctic Medal nominations open
Nominations are now invited for people who have made an outstanding contribution to Australia’s Antarctic Program.
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Celebrating 90 years of Antarctic aviation
Today marks the 90th anniversary of the first powered flight over Antarctica, on 16 November 1928, by Australian adventurer Sir George Hubert Wilkins in a Lockheed Vega 1.
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Antarctic krills' secret weapon against ocean acidification
Adult Antarctic krill have a secret weapon for survival in a high carbon dioxide world.
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Lasering the secrets of super-cooled clouds
An intense green laser beam will soon be probing the atmosphere above Antarctica to infiltrate the secrets of super-cooled clouds.
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An Antarctic silk-and-plankton sandwich
The Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) traps plankton swimming in the ocean between moving sheets of silk.
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Ship superstructure on the rise
Since Australia’s new icebreaker, RSV Nuyina, was moved to a wet dock in late September, construction and internal fit-out has quickly progressed.
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Microscopic plankton-assassin dominates Antarctic ocean
The Southern Ocean is swarming with plankton-killing parasites, according to new research published in the Journal of the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME).
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Antarctic ice mission seeks mystery molecules that scrub sky
A world-first international mission will build a temporary lab on the Antarctic ice sheet to reveal how much a natural ‘atmospheric detergent’ cleans the air of harmful trace gases.
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Underwater cameras light the way for Southern Ocean conservation
New underwater camera technology developed by Australian researchers is shining a light on previously unseen species in the Southern Ocean to help improve marine conservation.
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