News: 2006
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Antarctic Air Service brings Antarctica closer
An Airbus A319 has been selected to link Australia with Antarctica. Read more
![Researchers call it the ‘loose tooth', a 900 square km iceberg rifting from east Antarctica’s largest ice shelf.](/site/assets/files/23245/f15.600x400.jpg)
Australian Antarctic expeditioners depart Friday, 8 December
The Aurora Australis sails from Hobart with 115 expeditioners, including key ice shelf research scientists. Read more
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Temperate communities could adapt to cold
A major threat to native communities in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic… Read more
![The Krill cycle: egg, nauplius, metanauplius, calyptopis, furcilia, adult](/site/assets/files/23253/ebc.600x514.jpg)
Krill life history and environmental change
Reduced sea ice cover in various parts of the Southern Ocean, due to… Read more
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US court decision thwarts illegal fishers
A Spanish national and a Uruguayan company have been found guilty on… Read more
![Antarctic claim and Treaty boundaries](/site/assets/files/23239/d52.600x514.jpg)
Success combating illegal fishing
A win in the fight against illegal fishing in the Southern Ocean has been… Read more
![Mawson’s Huts buried in hard snow](/site/assets/files/23236/ml_390244889351852_mawsons20hut01.600x514.jpg)
Mawson’s Huts lives up to “Home Of The Blizzard” name
Winds of over 100 kilometres per hour, temperatures around minus 20… Read more
![Mawson’s Huts filled with snow](/site/assets/files/23229/d27.600x514.jpg)
Mawson’s Huts team arrives at Cape Denison
An Australian expedition team has arrived at Cape Denison to begin… Read more
![Mawson’s Huts, Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay](/site/assets/files/23224/633f.600x514.jpg)
Critical Conservation Work for Mawson’s Huts
Australian conservation experts to carry out critical work preserving… Read more
![Permeable reactive barrier in trench](/site/assets/files/23221/c90.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic cleanup measures assessed and penguin habits scrutinised
Australia’s summer season of Antarctic science gets underway on Thursday… Read more
![Electron microscope image of collembola](/site/assets/files/23218/c67.600x514.jpg)
Macquarie Island Mini-Beasts
At last, a comprehensive book on the tiny critters of Macquarie Island. Read more
![Dugong cow and calf](/site/assets/files/23214/b23.600x514.jpg)
New Marine Mammal Research Centre
Grant applications are open for the Australian Government’s… Read more
![Snow petrel on the ice, with wings raised](/site/assets/files/23210/ac3.600x514.jpg)
Aurora — Extraordinary Visions of Antarctica
This photo exhibition reveals that Antarctica is more than icebergs and… Read more
![Proof rolling of Wilkins runway](/site/assets/files/23207/9f1.600x514.jpg)
New Antarctic blue ice runway nearing completion
The new runway will enable large aircraft to travel between Australia and… Read more
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Antarctic snowfall largely unchanged in half a century
Despite changes in global climate, a new study shows that snowfall in… Read more
![The snow surface at Law Dome, one of the ice core sites used in this study.](/site/assets/files/23263/9a2.600x514.jpg)
Australian Antarctic ice cores help build a map of snowfall
International scientists show Antarctic snowfall rate is not increasing… Read more
![Nacreous Clouds at Mawson station](/site/assets/files/23196/960.600x514.jpg)
Beauty and mystery in rare Antarctic clouds
A rare and spectacular cloud formation has been seen at the end of the… Read more
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New Marine Mammal Research Centre an Australian first
A national research centre for the conservation of whales and dolphins was… Read more
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Australia hosts major Antarctic conference
The role of Antarctica in the earth’s life support system will be the… Read more
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What’s happening at SCAR/COMNAP
The SCAR Open Science Conference was held in Hobart from 12 to 14 July… Read more
![Sea spider specimen with legs uncurled](/site/assets/files/23250/84c.600x514.jpg)
New species of sea spider identified from Heard Island waters
Ten new species of sea spiders have been identified in a collection of… Read more
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Win for whales at IWC
Australia and the pro-conservation coalition have won an important fight… Read more
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Australia leads delegation to stop whaling
The Australian Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian… Read more
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Australia to seek Pacific support on whales
Senator Ian Campbell will visit Pacific Islands in a bid to strengthen… Read more
![A group of Minke whales with snow-covered shore in the background](/site/assets/files/23119/508.600x514.jpg)
“Whale for sale” marketing push condemned
Australia has called for consumers of whale meat to reject new marketing… Read more
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Boost to restore historic Mawson’s Huts in Antarctica
The site will receive a funding boost of $320,000 for conservation work. Read more
![C130 proof-rolling the snow pavement at Wilkins blue ice runway](/site/assets/files/23112/63a.600x514.jpg)
Australia’s Antarctic runway on schedule
Australia’s brand new blue ice runway in Antarctica is on track for the… Read more
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Australia hosts IWC humpback whale symposium
Australia is hosting an inter-sessional meeting of the IWC’s Scientific… Read more
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New Australian research shows Japan’s scientific whaling is a sham
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Antarctic voyage returns from Southern Ocean
Researchers returned to Australia this week after a comprehensive 10-week… Read more
![CASA-212 in flight](/site/assets/files/23100/56c.600x514.jpg)
Australia’s Antarctic aircraft touches down in Canberra
Two support aircraft on skis have returned after their first full season… Read more
![CASA 121 aeroplane in flight](/site/assets/files/23097/b1.600x514.jpg)
New airlink to change our engagement with Antarctica
The air link will dramatically change the way we engage with Antarctica… Read more
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Australia taking strong action to protect whales
Australia will attend an international meeting this month to stop a push… Read more
![Whale flipper](/site/assets/files/23090/308.600x514.jpg)
Australia takes whaling concerns directly to Japan
Australia participated in a major international delegation this week to… Read more
![CASA 121 aeroplane in flight](/site/assets/files/23086/b1.600x514.jpg)
Australian Antarctic air crew fly back to Davis station
Three Australian air crew returned to Davis station at 4 pm Australian… Read more
![CASA C-212 at Beaver Lake](/site/assets/files/23083/418.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic weather clears for assistance to grounded aircraft
Two helicopters carrying engineers have reached the grounded aircraft in… Read more
![Snow blowers packed into the ship’s hold](/site/assets/files/23074/3f0.600x514.jpg)
Australia’s Antarctic runway under construction
Construction of the first glacial blue-ice runway in Australia’s… Read more
![The Aurora Australis ship in ice](/site/assets/files/23071/247.600x514.jpg)
From Oceans to Whales
Ocean currents, phytoplankton, krill, seabirds and whales will be… Read more