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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.
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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.
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Captains announced for RSV Nuyina
Two experienced Captains for Australia's new icebreaker have been announced.
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From little things big things grow
The solar-powered Southern Ocean food chain is unique, going from some of the smallest organisms to the largest animal to ever live, in just a few short steps.
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A new group of freshly scarred Antarctic doctors, have arrived at the Australian Antarctic Division ahead of their posting to the icy continent.
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Doctors prepare for extreme posting
Tasmania’s rugged wilderness is the perfect training ground for Antarctic doctors preparing for an extreme posting to the icy continent.
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Sound science enhances whale conservation
French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau famously described the ocean as ‘the silent world’, but a marine mammal acoustician says he couldn’t have been more wrong.
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Antarctica is the closest you can get to space without leaving Earth.
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New Australian Antarctic Science Council meets
The newly formed Australian Antarctic Science Council met in Canberra for the first time.
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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.
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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?
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Tribute to former Prime Minister Bob Hawke
The Australian Antarctic Program is today paying tribute to former Prime Minister, Robert (Bob) Hawke, who played a pivotal role in conserving Antarctica for future generations.
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Hold still, this won’t hurt a bit! A fleet of tractor transformers are being Antarcti-fied in Hobart.
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For World Oceans Day, we ask: how awesome is the Southern Ocean?
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With the focus of this year’s World Environment Day on air pollution, what of the natural ability of the atmosphere to clean itself of pollutants?
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Australian Antarctic expeditioners are living in the twilight zone after the last sunset on the icy continent for weeks.
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Antarctic icebreaker RSV Nuyina is being put through its paces with a barrage of tests on the propulsion, bilge, ballast and other auxiliary systems.
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New watercraft construction barging ahead
Construction of two 'heavy lift' barges for the new Antarctic icebreaker, RSV Nuyina, is underway at Tasmanian shipbuilders, Taylor Bros.
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It takes more than five thousand kilometres of isolation and the long night of a polar winter to dampen the democratic desire of an ardent Antarctic voter.
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When you’re 5475 kilometres from help, you need to know you can rely on the team around you.
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