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A render of the RSV Nuyina in front of an ice cliff. Image: Damen

Antarctic icebreaker RSV Nuyina featured in new stamp issue

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Aurora at night over station buildings

Coronavirus ‘curveball’ for Australian Antarctic operations

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The Australian government is delivering a new world-leading Antarctic icebreaker to replace the Aurora Australis.
The Australian Government intends to construct a paved runway near Davis research station, subject to environmental approvals.
One of the most ambitious and challenging scientific projects yet undertaken in Antarctica.
The answers to some of the most important scientific questions of our era may lie deep in the Antarctic ice sheet, in some…

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