News: 2011
![A ‘CTD’ (conductivity, temperature, depth) instrument deployed at sunrise on the Marine Science SR3 Transect and Mertz Glacier voyage](/site/assets/files/22100/ia29976.600x400.jpg)
UTAS and Australian Antarctic Division cement collaboration
UTAS and the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) have a long and successful history of collaboration in the field of Antarctic… Read more
![The digital map (BEDMAP-2) of the bedrock under the Antarctic ice sheet.](/site/assets/files/21773/bedmap-antarctica.600x400.jpg)
Bedrock map reveals ice-free Antarctica
The soaring mountain peaks and deep valleys hidden beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet have been revealed in a new map produced using… Read more
![Tag cloud of words used by students in the Centenary competition. ‘Antarctica’ is the most used word.](/site/assets/files/22097/centenary-competition-tag-cloud-8b.600x514.png)
Students’ views on Antarctic future included in time capsule
Young Australians’ visions of Antarctica in 100 years will be contained in… Read more
![University of Tasmania scientist Dr Reed Burgette on a skidoo equipped with Global Positioning System equipment to obtain high resolution in situ estimates of surface topography, required to validate airborne and satellite data.](/site/assets/files/21769/skidoo_gps.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic surveys validate satellite measurements of polar ice change
A satellite mission to understand how the Earth’s ice is responding to… Read more
![Airbus A319 parked on ice runway](/site/assets/files/22094/ia13288.600x514.jpg)
Injured Antarctic expeditioner returns to Australia
A female expeditioner injured in Antarctica last weekend has been flown… Read more
![Casey station (Photo: Robb Clifton)](/site/assets/files/22091/casey-2.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic medical evacuation complete
A young scientist injured in Antarctica on Friday will be flown to Casey… Read more
![Square yellow building with three flagpoles and a multi-directional sign](/site/assets/files/22088/227-my-accommodation-on-station--the-operations-building.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic medical evacuation update
An Antarctic expeditioner injured at a remote field camp has been… Read more
![Snow topped mountains with glacial landscape in foreground](/site/assets/files/22085/001.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic medical evacuation
The Australian Antarctic Division is undertaking a medical evacuation of… Read more
![Cover of the book One Place Many Stories: Antarctica](/site/assets/files/22079/antarctic-book-cover-for-web.600x514.jpg)
One Place Many Stories: Antarctica
A new book showcasing the extreme beauty of Antarctica and 100 years of… Read more
![Captain Murray Doyle, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO and Dr Stephen Nicol aboard the Aurora Australis](/site/assets/files/22076/a1img_0722.600x514.jpg)
Governor-General awards Antarctic medal as flotilla sets sail
The Governor-General of Australia, Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO, presented the… Read more
![Aurora departs Hobart](/site/assets/files/22073/36773_hobart-depart.600x514.jpg)
Traversing Antarctica: the Australian experience
A rare collection of Antarctic artefacts will be on display for the first… Read more
![Professor Sharon Robinson in a moss bed near Casey station, East Antarctica](/site/assets/files/22068/sharoninmossbed_dana-bergstrom.600x514.jpg)
Bomb spike in Antarctic moss shows East Antarctic climate is changing
Chemical clues absorbed from the atmosphere by Antarctic mosses during… Read more
![Iceberg near Mawson station (Photo: Nisha Harris)](/site/assets/files/22065/243-bergs-enroute-to-mawson-3-1.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic Bill strengthens environmental protection and safety
The Federal Government today introduced legislation to strengthen… Read more
![Adelie penguins](/site/assets/files/22062/ia28175.600x514.jpg)
Your vision – Antarctica 100 years from now
Australian students are being invited to be part of the nation’s polar… Read more
![Deploying one of the large yellow buoys on a sub-surface mooring during a marine science voyage.](/site/assets/files/22058/ia20386.600x514.jpg)
Rare opportunity to lead Australia’s Antarctic science program
The Australian Antarctic Division is seeking a new Chief Scientist to lead… Read more
![Fast ice near Mawson station, Antarctica (Photo: Nisha Harris)](/site/assets/files/22055/247-fast-ice-parking-place-24.600x514.jpg)
Significant step forward for Marine Protected Areas in the Southern Ocean
The Australian Government has welcomed today’s decision on establishing… Read more
![Adelie Penguins near Davis station](/site/assets/files/22048/ia29861.600x514.jpg)
Australia’s new Antarctic Station Leaders
A new team is heading south to lead Australia’s Mawson, Casey and Davis… Read more
![Aurora Australis in the Southern Ocean](/site/assets/files/22045/28-aa-pushing-through-the-swell.600x514.jpg)
Australia’s Antarctic centennial year sets sail
A new team of Antarctic expeditioners will today follow in the footsteps… Read more
![United States LC130 Hercules dropping personnel and cargo off at the NEEM remote field camp (Photo: Andrew Moy)](/site/assets/files/22041/00_hercules_at_neem.600x514.jpg)
Arctic drilling lessons for the Antarctic
Glaciologists from the Australian Antarctic Division have recently… Read more
![Jesse Blackadder](/site/assets/files/22037/jesse-blackadder.600x514.jpg)
Fellowship to tell story of first woman to see Antarctica
Writer and academic Jesse Blackadder has been announced as the recipient… Read more
![Bob Hawke and Michel Rocard](/site/assets/files/22034/rocard-hawke-009.600x514.jpg)
International celebration of significant Antarctic milestone
Former Australian Prime Minister, the Hon Bob Hawke and former French… Read more
![Wandering Albatross in the Southern Ocean (Photo: Mike Double)](/site/assets/files/22027/ia25692.600x514.jpg)
Australia’s new recovery plan for world’s most endangered seabirds
It’s hoped a new plan to conserve albatrosses and petrels in Australian… Read more
![Sir Douglas Mawson at the University of South Australia in 1910](/site/assets/files/22024/10006c1.600x514.jpg)
Mawson commemorative coin
The life and achievements of Australia’s foremost polar explorer, Sir… Read more
![A fluorescence microscope image of cyanobacteria. Each cell is about 1 µm (0.001mm) in diameter.](/site/assets/files/22020/cyanobacteria.600x514.jpg)
Capturing the ocean’s microbial diversity
Microbiologists aim to build an inventory of microbial ecosystems in the… Read more
![Dr Martin Riddle receives the inaugural Phillip Law Medal from the ANARE club’s Ray McMahon](/site/assets/files/22011/medal-awarded-to-martin-riddle.600x514.jpg)
Martin Riddle receives prestigious award
The Australian Antarctic Division’s Dr Martin Riddle has received the… Read more
![Vegetation damage on Macquarie Island caused by rabbits](/site/assets/files/22006/15-vege-change_frederique-olivier.600x514.jpg)
Sub-Antarctic in the spotlight
Sub-Antarctic researchers from around the world will converge on Hobart… Read more
![Project Engineer Mark Pekin in front of the new Living Quarters](/site/assets/files/22017/p3030004.600x514.jpg)
Australian Antarctic Division wins Engineering Award
A new super-insulated building at one of Australia’s Antarctic stations… Read more
![The F.V. Janas under tow at Macquarie Island](/site/assets/files/22003/janas22.600x514.jpg)
Damaged vessel to be towed to Auckland Island
Australia’s ice-breaker Aurora Australis will tow a stricken fishing… Read more
![Life under the Mertz Glacier tongue includes sea pens, bryozoans, gorgonians, brittle stars, anemones, holothurians, sponges, urchins, crinoids and sea stars.](/site/assets/files/21999/04-mertz-4_aad.600x514.jpg)
Life beneath a glacier tongue
Scientists have captured the first glimpses of life living on the sea… Read more
![Aurora Australis crew member attaching the tow rope to the F.V. Janas](/site/assets/files/21995/20110725ran8119365_165_drn.600x514.jpg)
Stricken vessel towed to safety
A stricken fishing vessel adrift in the Southern Ocean has been towed to… Read more
![F.V. Janas in the Southern Ocean](/site/assets/files/21992/20110725ran8119365_016_drn.600x514.jpg)
Australia’s ice-breaker assists vessel in distress
Australia’s ice-breaker Aurora Australis is assisting a fishing vessel… Read more
![A false killer whale hooked on a longline in Hawaii.](/site/assets/files/21988/hooked-killer.600x514.jpg)
Untangling the issue of whale bycatch
Two novel devices designed to prevent toothed whales from stealing… Read more
![Humpback whale in the Southern Ocean](/site/assets/files/21983/sarahrob.600x514.jpg)
Australia’s delegation to attend international whaling meeting
Environment Minister Tony Burke is leading Australia’s delegation to the… Read more
![Dr Tony Fleming](/site/assets/files/21980/ia31787-tony-fleming.600x514.jpg)
New Director of the Australian Antarctic Division
A man who has played a key role in the development of environmental policy… Read more
![A swarm of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba)](/site/assets/files/21977/ia4092.600x514.jpg)
Seabed-feeding krill return iron to Southern Ocean surface waters
Antarctic krill is a species thought to live in the upper ocean, but it… Read more
![Dr Martin Riddle in small boat off the Antarctic coast](/site/assets/files/21974/p1010093.600x514.jpg)
Inaugural Phillip Law medal recipient announced
The inaugural Phillip Law Medal has been awarded to the Australian… Read more
![The first Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting in Parliament House in Hobart 1961](/site/assets/files/21970/showimage.600x514.jpg)
Australia celebrates fifty years of the Antarctic Treaty
Foreign Affairs Minister, the Hon Kevin Rudd MP, and the Minister for… Read more
![The Mawson station winterers place rocks on the cairn holding Dr Phillip and Nellie Law’s ashes.](/site/assets/files/21966/phil-and-nel-law_1011.600x514.jpg)
Icy resting place for Australian Antarctic pioneer
The man known as “Mr Antarctica” has been laid to rest on a rocky outcrop… Read more
![Dr Stephen Nicol looking at Antarctic Krill](/site/assets/files/21963/steve-nicol-014.600x514.jpg)
2011 Antarctic Medal
Leading Antarctic Marine Biologist, Dr Stephen Nicol, and a Master of… Read more
![computer screen showing iron density](/site/assets/files/21764/iron-density-may25_bk.600x514.jpg)
Looking for iron in the sky
Australian and German scientists are searching for iron in the sky above… Read more
![The Southern Ocean](/site/assets/files/21947/14-southernocean_crop_kristinyates.600x514.jpg)
World Oceans’ Day 2011
On World Oceans’ Day, find out why the Southern Ocean is so important to… Read more
![Mosses growing in a moist depression at Casey.](/site/assets/files/21944/moss-bed.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic ‘forests’ in focus for World Environment Day
On World Environment Day, discover why the moss 'forests’ at Casey are… Read more
![Setting up the canes](/site/assets/files/22103/img_0763.600x514.jpg)
Collaborative venture for sea ice science
A collaboration between Antarctic tradespeople, engineers and sea ice… Read more
![Emperor penguins in a huddle](/site/assets/files/21759/penguin-huddle.600x514.jpg)
Penguin huddle makes waves
Emperor penguins on the outside of a huddle gradually move to the inside… Read more
![The digital camera set up on an old frame at Atlas Cove station](/site/assets/files/21940/009.600x514.jpg)
Seen on Heard Island
Penguins and elephant seals have taken centre-stage in time-lapse images… Read more
![The ICECAP team with the Basler aircraft used for the survey (Photo: Todor Iolovski)](/site/assets/files/21936/maitrix-thumb.600x514.jpg)
Under the ice sheet
An international team has shed new light on what lies beneath a large… Read more
![King Penguins on the beach on Macquarie Island](/site/assets/files/21920/5489.600x514.jpg)
Discover Antarctica’s biological diversity
Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, driest land mass on earth, so you may… Read more
![Sunrise RV Aurora Australis (Photo: Robbie Kilpatrick)](/site/assets/files/21917/robbiematrixthumb.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic shot snaps top prize
A photograph of a blazing red and orange sunrise from Australia’s… Read more
![Aurora Australis undertaking resupply operations at Mawson station (Photo: Nisha Harris)](/site/assets/files/21914/aurora-thumbnail-pic.600x514.jpg)
Australia continues to lead the way in Antarctica
Australia’s position as a world leader in Antarctic research will be… Read more
![Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke shakes hands with the inaugural winner of the Fellowship Dr Bruce Deagle](/site/assets/files/21910/dsc_3275.600x514.jpg)
$300,000 Fellowship to sequence Antarctic Krill genome
The genome of one of the most successful species on Earth, Antarctic… Read more
![](/site/assets/files/49392/frozen-bubbles-greyscale.600x514.jpg)
Celebrating 100 years of Australian Antarctic Heritage
The Hon Tony Burke MP announces plans to celebrate the centenary of the… Read more
![Sea floor images near the Mertz Glacier taken by the underwater camera](/site/assets/files/21903/matrixthumb.600x514.jpg)
Glacier calving provides scientists with huge natural experiment
Sea stars as big as hubcaps, colourful sponges and feathery sea pens have… Read more
![A small number of pears and onions showing evidence of rot or insect attack.](/site/assets/files/21897/2932.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic environment at risk from fresh food
Fresh food imports, with attached soil, seeds, microorganisms and… Read more
![Aurora Australis in the ice](/site/assets/files/21893/v3thm.600x514.jpg)
Voyage 3 highlights
Watch a video of the highlights of Voyage 3. Read more
![Cladding the roof of the Main Hut](/site/assets/files/21882/7_32_mainhuthurleyslnsw_36524_43.600x514.jpg)
Australian Heritage Week
Celebrate Australia’s rich Antarctic heritage with the Australian… Read more
![Acidification report card cover page](/site/assets/files/21879/6b82.600x514.jpg)
Southern Ocean acidification report card
The ACE CRC has released its latest report card on ocean acidification in… Read more
![Transmission electron micrograph of a negatively stained virus-like particle from Organic Lake which resembles a phycodnavirus or PV.](/site/assets/files/21873/pv.600x514.jpg)
Virus-killer lurks in Antarctic lake
A virus that attacks other viruses has been discovered in a hypersaline… Read more
![View from the Aurora Australis webcam](/site/assets/files/21867/aurorastory3thumb.600x514.jpg)
Aurora Australis heads to Casey station
Australia’s Antarctic vessel Aurora Australis is steaming towards Casey… Read more
![Aurora Australis in pack ice](/site/assets/files/21863/aurorathumb2.600x514.jpg)
Aurora Australis nears Davis station
Australia’s Antarctic research and resupply vessel Aurora Australis has… Read more
![Aurora Australis in the ice, with sunset in the background](/site/assets/files/21860/ia29443_43.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic voyage delays
Australia’s Antarctic program is being rescheduled due to delays caused by… Read more
![Expeditioners in standing in front of the wind turbine at Mawson](/site/assets/files/21850/mawson-earth-hour-2a.600x514.jpg)
Lights off in Antarctica for Earth Hour
Australia’s Antarctic stations are planning candlelit dinners this… Read more
![Vanderford Glacier](/site/assets/files/21842/vanderford-glacier_tod-iolovski.600x514.jpg)
World Meteorological Day
Word Meteorological Day focusses on global climate. Read more
![Lyn Maddock](/site/assets/files/21838/lm.600x514.jpg)
Director to retire
The Director of the Australian Antarctic Division, Lyn Maddock, has… Read more
![Researchers prepare to fire a satellite tag into the blubber of a humpback whale.](/site/assets/files/21828/whale-tagging.600x514.jpg)
Diary of a Southern Ocean ecosystem
Electronic recording devices attached to marine creatures like whales… Read more
![A Twin Otter flies over the flags of countries participating in AGAP.](/site/assets/files/21825/twin-otter.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic ice sheet grows from below
Antarctic scientists have made a startling new discovery: the Antarctic… Read more
![An isopod collected from the Southern Ocean.](/site/assets/files/21803/isopod.600x514.jpg)
Celebrate Sea Week with the Australian Antarctic Division
The sea around Antarctica is a mysterious world, teeming with some of the… Read more
![Antarctic krill](/site/assets/files/21796/matrix-krill.600x514.jpg)
Krill do it deep in the Southern Ocean
In a world first, the sex life of Antarctic Krill in the wild has been… Read more
![Winter Expeditioners at Law Dome, Antarctica. (Photo: Todor Iolovski)](/site/assets/files/21791/maitrixexpedupdate.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic jobs application deadline extended
The impact of the devastating floods in Queensland, northern New South… Read more
![Inside the AMISOR hot water drill tent.](/site/assets/files/21787/6a20.600x514.jpg)
Understanding the ocean beneath the ice
After 10 years on the Amery Ice Shelf glaciologists have packed away their… Read more
![The western crack of the Mertz glacier tongue (Photo: Ben Legresy)](/site/assets/files/21781/matrixthumb.600x514.jpg)
Mertz Glacier under the microscope
An array of underwater cameras, moorings and sensors will be deployed at… Read more