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Aerial view of green-coloured tarn behind Davis station buildings.

Making water in the Antarctic desert
Underwater view looking up to krill swarm under ice and back lit blue water

Krill research proposed to improve fishery management
Dr Kool standing in front of an Antarctic map.

Antarctic data management gets Kool

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Low aerial view over Mawson station buildings.

Projects

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

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The official magazine detailing the activities of the Australian Antarctic program.