Antarctic video gallery
LEGO icebreaker sets sail on its maiden voyage
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Hi! I’m Haidar Alnasser, one of the winners of the naming of the new icebreaker, Nuyina.
I’m standing here next to the new ship which is the new Lego model. One of my favourite features is the helicopter pad, where we can land and bring down cargo.
Another amazing part of this ship is the science deck right here where they can bring scientific samples and pass them off to the science laboratories we've got in the middle of the ship.
Across from the scientific laboratories we have the living quarters for all the scientists this is where they can relax, sleep, eat on their long journey down to Antarctica.
At the bottom of the ship here we have the massive engine room which powers all of the ship and helps it sailing along the way. Another amazing part of the ship is the moon pool down here — which is a big hole at the bottom of the ship — where scientists can lower down machines such as drones where they can capture all the sea life below. We've also got a really nice cool guy here dressed as a shark!
Now that I've shown you a few of the amazing features of this ship model, come check it out for yourself.
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Midwinter madness at Casey research station
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Jason Beachcroft: Stupidity! Oi…it’s cold!
Rebecca Jeffcoat: I’m Rebecca Jeffcoat, the station leader of Casey research station, Antarctica. As you can see behind me we're getting ready for our midwinter swim in celebration of the winter solstice. Midwinter is really important to us here in Antarctica because it means the return of the sun. For our midwinter celebration today we'll be having our swim and then a very important exchange of midwinter gifts that we've been making over the last few months and then a great feast and some entertainment this evening.
Dominic Hall: How you feeling, Scotty?
Scot Beardsley: Cool!
Dominic Hall: Words for back home, Scotty?
Scott Thurn: Can’t talk…
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Deep field ice core provides snapshot of Antarctic climate history
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Mount Brown South Field Leader, Sharon Labudda
Hi my name’s Sharon Labudda and I am the Field Leader for the Mount Brown South camp, this year in 2017–18 season.
Mount Brown South Chief Investigator, Dr Tessa Vance
And my name’s Dr. Tessa Vance and I’m the Chief Investigator for the Mount Brown South camp. We're drilling an ice core to 350 metres this year, which should give us a 1200 year climate history of the Indian Ocean.
Mount Brown South Field Leader, Sharon Labudda
My job is pretty much to look after everyone, keep everyone safe, make sure we get planes in and out, we get all the gear home, get the ice cores home safely. And yeah pretty much just look after everyone.
Mount Brown South Chief Investigator, Dr Tessa Vance
And my job to make sure that we achieve the science objectives for the
project, which is to get the ice core back home and analysed and make some cool science out of it. And also to hopefully keep some of the scientists in line, so Sharon doesn’t have too hard a job.
Mount Brown South Field Leader, Dr Sharon Labudda
That’d be great (laughs).
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Anzac Day Casey research station 2018
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Casey Station Leader — Commander Rebecca Jeffcoat
On the 25th of April Australians and New Zealanders mark Anzac Day the anniversary of the 1915 landing of British-led troops at Gallipoli.
It’s very special to me to be commemorating Anzac Day in Antarctica.
There’s a great tradition of Antarctic explorers who have served in Defence Forces in times of conflict including Mawson and Wilkins and Hurley, and we'll remember those men today.
And in turn the qualities of Anzacs who served and who we remember today such as teamwork and mateship, courage, self-sacrifice and self-discipline.
They are all qualities that I see in the expeditioners who are with me in Antarctica at the moment and it’s a great honour to be spending Anzac Day with those Australians and New Zealanders so far from home.
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