News: 2012
![A recently tipped iceberg brown from sea ice algae (Photo: Kerry Steinberner)](/site/assets/files/21747/ia31862.600x400.jpg)
Research helps scientists understand climate change risk to Antarctic food webs
A new dataset that highlights the dependence of algae on Antarctic sea ice will help scientists predict future food security for… Read more
![Dr Helena Baird studying amphipods under the microscope.](/site/assets/files/21477/working-toby-jarvis.600x400.jpg)
Antarctic scientist to share research, culture and art with Nobel laureates in Japan
A young Antarctic scientist will share her research on ‘giant’ crustaceans and other Antarctic sea floor creatures with Nobel… Read more
![An Antarctic ice core](/site/assets/files/21744/ia39220.600x514.jpg)
New Antarctic ice core project
Environment Minister, Tony Burke today announced a major new… Read more
![Portrait of Ninnis in the Royal Fusiliers uniform.](/site/assets/files/21740/10013d3.600x514.jpg)
Remembering an heroic explorer
Friday 14 December 2012, marks 100 years since the death of Douglas… Read more
![Australia’s Airbus A319 at Wilkins runway](/site/assets/files/21737/143-wilkins-aerodrome-18.600x514.jpg)
Environment Minister visits Australian Antarctic Territory
Environment Minister, Tony Burke, today left for Antarctica to gain… Read more
![Expeditioners undergoing field training at Australia’s Casey station (Photo: Todor Iolovski)](/site/assets/files/21732/ia20575.600x514.jpg)
What are you waiting for?
A drop in applications from Australians applying to work in Antarctica… Read more
![Antarctic night sky](/site/assets/files/21728/conference2.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic science conference to be held in Hobart
A new Antarctic science conference will be held in Hobart in June 2013. Read more
![Humpback whale breaching in front of Virginia Andrews Goff on the boat’s bowsprit](/site/assets/files/21723/p1010064.600x514.jpg)
The art of tagging whales
A steady hand, good sea-legs and an eagle eye are essential ingredients… Read more
![An iceberg in Antarctica.](/site/assets/files/21473/img_3862.600x514.jpg)
New PhD program gains momentum
A new PhD program in Quantitative Antarctic Science has begun. Read more
![The scientists carrying out their research on the sea ice next to Australia’s icebreaker Aurora Australis.](/site/assets/files/21718/sipex-ii-aurora-australis-in-sea-ice.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic voyage brings home rare glimpse under the sea ice
An international sea ice voyage has returned to Hobart today with… Read more
![Dr Vance holding an ice core – the Prince of Wales and Dr Gales watching on](/site/assets/files/21715/121108_hrh_aad_009.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic brief for Royal visitor
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales today was briefed on Australia’s… Read more
![Adélie Penguins swimming and porpoising](/site/assets/files/21710/ia33518.600x514.jpg)
Progress but no agreement on Antarctic Marine Protected Areas
Australia is disappointed its proposal to establish one of the world’s… Read more
![The view from the Aurora Australis webcam over the bow of the ship](/site/assets/files/21706/a123050130a.600x514.jpg)
Sea ice delays voyage
Australia’s ice breaker Aurora Australis remains in heavy sea ice off East… Read more
![King penguin underwater](/site/assets/files/21701/ia14989.600x514.jpg)
Australia, France and European Union propose Marine Protected Areas in East Antarctica
Australia, France and the European Union have proposed a representative… Read more
![The AUV under the ice with the Aurora Australis propeller (Photo: AUV team/Australian Antarctic Division)](/site/assets/files/21695/underwater-view-of-auv.600x514.jpg)
First 3-D map of under the East Antarctic sea ice
For the first time in East Antarctica, climate scientists have produced a… Read more
![Aurora over Davis station (Photo: Kerry Steinberner)](/site/assets/files/21691/ia33705.600x514.jpg)
2012–13 Antarctic Station Leaders
Australia’s new Antarctic Station Leaders are preparing to go south to… Read more
![Australian writer Favel Parrett](/site/assets/files/21687/ek05062011_img_6173.600x514.jpg)
Fellowship to tell the story of longest-serving Antarctic ship
The 2012 Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship has been awarded to… Read more
![Mike holds the tall silver canister that houses the sonobuoy with a red float at the top.](/site/assets/files/21680/blue-whale-minister02-1.600x514.jpg)
Eavesdropping on the elusive blue whale
Australian Antarctic scientists have successfully tested new acoustic… Read more
![Fisheye image of LIDAR, Aurora and Milky Way](/site/assets/files/21672/ia28310.600x514.jpg)
25 years of protecting the ozone layer
It is 25 years since the world took urgent action to slow the catastrophic… Read more
![Field team at work on the first SIPEX voyage October 2007](/site/assets/files/21667/ia13715.600x514.jpg)
High-tech voyage will investigate life in the sea-ice zone
For the first time under-ice and airborne vehicles will be used… Read more
![Rob King looking at the shutters on the light trap](/site/assets/files/21663/rob-king-8.600x514.jpg)
Deep sea lighthouse lures Antarctic krill
A deep sea ‘lighthouse’ 2,000 to 3,000 m below the sea ice will be used to… Read more
![Twin Otter flying across ice cliffs near Casey station](/site/assets/files/21659/twin-otter.600x514.jpg)
Australian Antarctic season 2012–13
Australia’s action-packed Antarctic season is underway with more than 90… Read more
![An ice core from Law Dome, Antarctica](/site/assets/files/21655/ia39220.600x514.jpg)
Ice core reveals unusual decline in eastern Australian rainfall
Researchers from the ACE CRC and the Australian Antarctic Division have… Read more
![Macquarie Island](/site/assets/files/21652/ia30022.600x514.jpg)
Macquarie Island book wins literary award
A children’s book on Macquarie Island by Australian Antarctic Arts… Read more
![Australia’s A319 on the Pegasus runway at McMurdo Station, Antarctica](/site/assets/files/21648/ia13180_nsf-file-photo.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic nations working together
Environment Minister Tony Burke has commended Australia’s effort in… Read more
![Helicopter-borne laser scanner](/site/assets/files/21635/helicopter-laser-scanner.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic scientists take high-tech approach to sea ice studies
As Australia celebrates National Science Week an international team of… Read more
![The A319 at Wilkins Aerodrome, Antarctica](/site/assets/files/21631/a319_nisha.600x514.png)
Australia to assist in medical emergency
The Australian Antarctic Division has been asked to assist in the… Read more
![Dr Graham Denyer with microscope](/site/assets/files/21628/medical-9.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic equipment to help restore sight in East Timor
The Australian Antarctic Division is donating four eye examination… Read more
![An ice core from the Law Dome site used in the study](/site/assets/files/21625/ia39220.600x514.jpg)
New research closes the gap between warming and rising carbon dioxide
Scientists have shed new light on one of the most important questions in… Read more
![Mawson’s main hut at Cape Denison, East Antarctica](/site/assets/files/21620/ia33406.600x514.jpg)
New Mawson’s Huts Management Plan
The management plan for Australia’s historic Mawson’s Huts site in East… Read more
![An Antarctic krill adult](/site/assets/files/21469/krill_aad.600x514.jpg)
Rhythm of Antarctic Life
Clock genes’ that regulate the daily and seasonal internal rhythms of… Read more
![Luxuriant moss beds near Casey station.](/site/assets/files/21616/moss_sharon-robinson.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic moss thrives on ancient penguin poo
Luxuriant moss beds growing near Casey station in Antarctica are being… Read more
![Hunting the Ice Whales](/site/assets/files/21611/hunting-the-ice-whales_small_email.600x514.jpg)
A whale of a tale
A new documentary film following Australian Antarctic Division scientists… Read more
![Artist’s impression of the redeveloped Macquarie Wharf 2](/site/assets/files/21608/untitled.600x514.jpg)
New Antarctic waterfront facility a step closer
A specially-designed Australian Antarctic Division facility on Hobart’s… Read more
![Fresh water ice in the shape of a whale fluke in the Vestfold Hills, near Davis station](/site/assets/files/21603/ia33695.600x514.jpg)
Australia continues push for reform at International Whaling Commission
Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke leaves today for the 64th annual… Read more
![Melt lake near Mawson station](/site/assets/files/21593/ia35097.600x514.jpg)
2012 Antarctic Medal
Environment Minister Tony Burke has congratulated the recipients of the… Read more
![The chairs of the meeting sitting under the meeting banner](/site/assets/files/21589/120611_atcm2012_020.600x514.jpeg)
Australia leads Antarctic protection legacy
Australia and other Antarctic nations have today reaffirmed their… Read more
![Southern Ocean](/site/assets/files/21586/ia34024.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic Bill strengthens environmental protection
Legislation to further strengthen environmental protection and tourist… Read more
![Southern Ocean iceberg](/site/assets/files/21582/ia33991.600x514.jpg)
Protecting Antarctica
The Antarctic Treaty system ensures protecting the unique Antarctic… Read more
![Tierney Creek in the Vestfold Hills near Davis station (Photo: Mike Zupanc)](/site/assets/files/21576/ia28626.600x514.jpg)
Antarctica divided into distinct biogeographic regions
New research into the biogeography of Antarctica has identified 15… Read more
![Environment Minister Tony Burke addressing the 35th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting in Hobart](/site/assets/files/21573/120611_atcm2012_045.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting 2012 begins
Australia today welcomes more than 300 delegates from among the 50… Read more
![Flags of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting XXVI in Madrid, Spain](/site/assets/files/21567/10141b1.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic nations gather in Hobart
For the first time in nearly three decades Australia will host the… Read more
![The Southern Ocean](/site/assets/files/21457/14-southernocean_crop_kristinyates.600x514.jpg)
World Oceans’ Day 2012
Research in the Southern Ocean aims to answer the many questions arising… Read more
![A Patagonian toothfish being measured on an electronic measuring board.](/site/assets/files/21443/07-toothfish-fig2_afma.600x514.jpg)
Sub-Antarctic toothfish fishery certified sustainable
Australia’s Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) toothfish fishery is… Read more
!['The Very Long March of the Penguins’ team at the start of the Relay](/site/assets/files/21563/the-start-photo-gavin.600x514.jpg)
Ice Relay raises $11,300 for charity
The world’s southern most Relay for Life at Casey station in Antarctica… Read more
![A giant sea spider, 25cm in size.](/site/assets/files/21439/img_3741.600x514.jpg)
Boosting biodiversity conservation in the Southern Ocean
The Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) Marine Reserve is set to… Read more
![Jesse Blackadder in Antarctica](/site/assets/files/21560/jesse-in-antarctica-photo-by-tui-de-roy.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic musings win literary award
Antarctic Arts Fellow, Jesse Blackadder, has won a literary award at the… Read more
![Casey expeditioners gather for the ceremony](/site/assets/files/21554/neptune-memorial-photo-reduced.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic air crash victims remembered
A ceremony has been held at Wilkes station in East Antarctica to… Read more
![The Casey station team taking part in the Relay for Life](/site/assets/files/21549/the-team.600x514.jpg)
Casey station Relay for Life
Intrepid Casey station expeditioners will battle sub-zero temperatures and… Read more
![Balearic shearwater](/site/assets/files/21545/balearic1_pep_arcos.600x514.jpg)
Greater protection for seabird species
A critically endangered northern hemisphere petrel species will be better… Read more
![Iceberg off Australia’s Davis station](/site/assets/files/21542/157.600x514.jpg)
Investing in a Sustainable Australia
The Federal Government has maintained its commitment to protecting and… Read more
![Antarctic sea ice](/site/assets/files/21537/134-basler-flight-from-ddu-to-casey-station_-including-penguin-observation-enroute-12.600x514.jpg)
Southern Ocean Sentinel eye on the future
The world’s leading experts on Southern Ocean ecosystems are in Hobart… Read more
![Sunset in the Southern Ocean](/site/assets/files/21533/ia17803.600x514.jpg)
Latest Southern Ocean research shows continuing deep ocean change
New research by teams of Australian and US scientists has found there has… Read more
![Emperor penguins at Auster Rookery](/site/assets/files/21530/chriswilson_aad_1.600x514.jpg)
Scientists count penguins from space
A new study using satellite mapping technology reveals there are twice as… Read more
![The group of four who took on the marathon, Craig George, Johan Mets, Seamus Liston and Gavin Melgaard at the Antarctic Circle.](/site/assets/files/21527/start-line.600x514.jpg)
Ice marathon
A small group of Australian Antarctic expeditioners completed an ice… Read more
![Dr Nick Gales (Photo: Jessica Fitzpatrick)](/site/assets/files/21524/ia5536.600x514.jpg)
New Chief Scientist for Australian Antarctic program
Australia’s Antarctic science program has a new Chief Scientist. Read more
![Parliament House Antarctic exhibition](/site/assets/files/21519/img-20120306-00195.600x514.jpg)
A glimpse into the lives of Mawson’s men
A rare glimpse into the daily lives of the men of the Australasian… Read more
![Composite image of some of the seeds found in the project](/site/assets/files/21516/composite-seed-image.600x514.jpg)
Weeding out the aliens in Antarctica
A new international study has found alien plant species are increasingly… Read more
![Annotated map showing algal bloom of the coast of Mac Robertson Land, Antarctica](/site/assets/files/21513/annotated-map-of-bloom-with-scale.600x514.jpg)
Remarkable natural event seen from space
As summer comes to a close, wind blowing snow off the Amery Ice Shelf in… Read more
![Tourists explore Antarctica](/site/assets/files/21510/42.600x514.jpg)
Greater protection endorsed for Antarctica
Environment Minister Tony Burke today welcomed the passage through the… Read more
![The Shepherd’s beaked whales sighted off Victoria’s west coast, showing the distinctive pigmentation patterns, unique head shape and beak that are diagnostic for this species.](/site/assets/files/21750/mcd_3353_shephards_beaked_whale.600x514.jpg)
Whale trackers make rare sighting
Whale observers hit the jackpot recently when they encountered a pod of… Read more
![Jon Stephenson takes compass-controlled panoramas of retreating glaciers at Saddle Point, Heard Island, in February 1963](/site/assets/files/21505/20-jon-stephenson_glacier-survey.600x514.jpg)
Former Antarctic scientist recognised in Australia Day Honours List
Former Antarctic scientist and explorer, Dr Jon Stephenson, was awarded a… Read more
![Time capsule, plaque and flag, with people in the background](/site/assets/files/21489/aa06.600x514.jpg)
Antarctic centenary celebrated at Mawson’s home of the blizzard
A message from the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has been read at a… Read more
![Examples of crustaceans caught in dredging operations during the AAE. Specimens and data collected during the AAE are still used by scientists today](/site/assets/files/21484/02-crustaceans_frank-hurley.600x514.jpg)
A centenary of science
Douglas Mawson’s scientific Australasian Antarctic Expedition laid the… Read more
![Tony Fleming holding the time capsule](/site/assets/files/21481/tony-with-time-capsule01.600x514.jpg)
Australia to mark Mawson’s heroic Antarctic expedition
One hundred years since the first Australian-led Antarctic expedition set… Read more