News: 2005
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Ginger and Gadget at the frontier of science
Ginger and Gadget, the two aircraft chartered to support Australia’s Antarctic science programme, have had their first taste of… Read more
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Queen’s Baton arrives in Antarctica
A dramatic show of snow flurries and helicopter blades heralded the historic touch down of the Queens Commonwealth Games Baton at… Read more
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Conservation team sets sail for Mawson’s Huts
A works party will sail for Cape Denison, Antarctica, on 9 December, to… Read more
![Professor Linda Blackall outside the Australian Antarctic Division](/site/assets/files/2658/2d5.600x514.jpg)
Award-winning scientist to chair Antarctic advisory body
A leading environmental engineer and biotechnologist, Professor Linda… Read more
![Australia’s Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery, AC, CVO, MC (Retd) and Mr Kim Pitt farewelling the Baton at a ceremony aboard Aurora Australis](/site/assets/files/2655/queens-baton.600x514.jpg)
Antarctica to host Queen’s Baton
The research and resupply vessel Aurora Australis departs Hobart today… Read more
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Marion Bay whale stranding
Environment and Heritage Minister, Senator Ian Campbell, has today… Read more
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Australia teams with other conservation nations to sign whaling declaration
Australia, together with Spain and 12 Latin American and Southern… Read more
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Australia appeals to Japan to reconsider its 'scientific’ whale slaughter
Australia’s Minister for the Environment and Heritage, has called on Japan… Read more
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Australia announces whale conservation initiatives
Australia is again taking an international lead on whale conservation by… Read more
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Gadget and Ginger arrive in Antarctica
Australia’s Antarctic science support aircraft have arrived on the frozen… Read more
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New era for CCAMLR
This year marks a turning point for the Commission for the Conservation of… Read more
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Antarctic season kicks-off with key environmental projects
Australia’s summer of science in Antarctica gets underway today as the… Read more
![Prime Minister and Dr Tony Press](/site/assets/files/2631/23f.600x514.jpg)
Launch of Australia–Antarctic Airlink
The official launch of the Australian Government’s direct air connection… Read more
![Artist’s impression of the view of the meteoroid fireball near the explosion site](/site/assets/files/2628/20050825-meteor-artist-impression-110436.600x514.jpg)
Cosmic hole-in-one captured over Antarctica
What at first looked like an electronic glitch turned out to be a… Read more
![Satellite image indicating the McDonald Islands 'hot spot'](/site/assets/files/2625/1b1.600x514.jpg)
Australian volcano provides fiery backdrop for Antarctic exhibition opening
Remote satellite sensing has confirmed one of Australia’s two active… Read more
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Iceland reveals its 'scientific’ whaling plans
Australia’s Minister for the Environment and Heritage has condemned… Read more
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Australia welcomes ambitious Antarctic marine census
The Australian Antarctic Division will lead a census of Antarctic marine… Read more
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Permanent ACAP secretariat to call Australia home
Hobart’s role as an Antarctic Gateway has been strengthened with the… Read more
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A win for whales at IWC
Australian and pro-conservation nations have won an historic vote at the… Read more
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A biologist and chef honoured with Antarctic medals
Tasmanian biologist who helped eradicate cats from Macquarie Island and a… Read more
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Minister leaves for International Whaling Commission meeting in Korea
Australian Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian… Read more
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Major step forward for protecting the environment
Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell, today… Read more
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Australian company continues Antarctic service
The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) has again awarded its helicopter… Read more
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Australia takes whaling protest to Japan’s doorstep
Australia has led a high level international group of 15 countries to… Read more
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Restless Antarctic giant on the move again
The massive Antarctic iceberg that captured worldwide attention after… Read more
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Ice runway tenders called for Antarctic air link
The first stage of tenders has been called for equipment to construct an… Read more
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Minister Campbell lobbies for whales in Europe and the Pacific
Senator Ian Campbell, will fly to Europe and the Pacific to build support… Read more
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Antarctic air link project open for business
Opportunities for businesses in the new Australia-Antarctica air link… Read more
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Icy giant settles in at Casey
An iceberg more than twice the size of Malta has arrived in the backyard… Read more
![Stunning silicoflagellate, Dictyocha speculum](/site/assets/files/2670/20050518-d-speculum-115742-small.600x514.jpg)
Microscopic lungs of the earth
Protists, the phytoplankton (single celled plants) and protozoa (single… Read more
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Local communities urged to support efforts to block Japan whaling bid
Local government areas with sister city relationships with Japan have been… Read more
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Tasmania — Gateway to Antarctica
The go-ahead for a $46.3 million Australia–Antarctic intercontinental air… Read more
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Air link helps Antarctic research take flight
Australia’s position as world leader in Antarctic research is guaranteed… Read more
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Reports on extension of Japanese whaling
If reports today are true, Japan is set to announce an increase in its… Read more
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2004/05 Antarctic summer season comes to an end
Australia’s season in Antarctica has wrapped up with the return to Hobart… Read more
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Whaling — back to the bad old days, warns Campbell
Australia has reiterated its position to oppose any introduction of a… Read more
![Thalassiosira gravida — a round microorganism that resembles a flower](/site/assets/files/2562/6406.600x514.jpg)
Launch of significant Antarctic research resource
The basic stuff of the Antarctic marine food web, those microscopic… Read more
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Cooperative Agreement signed with Indonesia
Last Friday the Director of the Australian Antarctic Division and his… Read more
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Public input sought on management of important sub-Antarctic Marine Reserve
The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) of the Department of the… Read more
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From Antarctica to Avalon
One of Australia’s new aircraft used during the 2004/05 Antarctic season… Read more
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So you want to work in Antarctica…
So you want to go to Antarctica and be paid for the privilege. Well, the… Read more
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Antarctic scientist wins prestigious medal for 2005
An Australian Antarctic Division scientist has received this year’s Royal… Read more
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Ginger and Gadget complete first Antarctic season
The Minister for Environment and Heritage Senator Ian Campbell has today… Read more
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Aurora Australis heads south for season’s last voyage
The Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell, said… Read more
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Evidence of widespread changes in the Southern Ocean
The deep waters of the Southern Ocean are cooler and less salty than they… Read more
![Vasiliy Golovnin](/site/assets/files/2535/20050120-c1-142835-small.600x514.jpg)
Sea ice conditions delay Mawson station supply
After the successful delivery of supplies and equipment to Australia’s… Read more
![Andy Wakefield proudly holding his Citizenship Certificate at the completion of the conferral ceremony with Graeme Beech (Station Leader and Presiding Officer), Luke Gadd (Ranger), and Segun Adewumi (Met Bureau Technician) in the background.](/site/assets/files/2532/f2.600x514.jpg)
New Australian citizen swears allegiance on Macquarie Island
He may have been born in Scotland but Macquarie Island expeditioner Andy… Read more
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Australia urges Kiribati to join whaling ban
At a time when the International Whaling Commission is coming under… Read more