2024

Just days left to apply for jobs in Antarctica
Applications close in a few days for trades positions in Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic. Read more

Are you looking for a change of scenery this year? Apply to work in Antarctica!
The Australian Antarctic Program is looking for more than 200 tradespeople, across 37 different roles, to work in Antarctica and… Read more

The Australian Antarctic Program: A year in pictures
Every year our scientists and expeditioners take some incredible photos of… Read more

Are you sick of the heat? Come and work in Antarctica!
Tradespeople keen for a cool change have three weeks left to apply for a… Read more

Antarctic recruitment closes in less than a month
The Australian Antarctic Program is looking for more than 200 tradespeople… Read more

First comprehensive biodiversity surveys and environmental risk assessment at Mawson
Scientists are undertaking the first comprehensive biodiversity surveys… Read more

Marine mystery in the Bunger Hills
Scientists are investigating an ancient Antarctic mystery this season… Read more

Antarctic Medal nominations open
Nominations have opened for the 2025 Antarctic Medal, which recognises… Read more

Bunger Hills camp set up and ready for restart of the Denman Terrestrial Campaign
The set-up up team is at Bunger Hills, 450 km from Casey research station… Read more

Monitoring for avian influenza in East Antarctica
Scientists are monitoring for signs of avian influenza in seabirds in East… Read more

Using DNA to identify seabird bycatch
Scientists have used DNA technology to help identify threatened albatross… Read more

Krill research aquarium to be named after pioneering marine biologist Dr Isobel Bennett
A world-leading krill research facility being built in the Hobart suburb… Read more

Satellite imagery charts emperor penguins’ struggle to survive
New Australian research using satellite imagery to monitor the location of… Read more

Antarctic season begins
RSV Nuyina has set sail for Davis research station, marking the start of… Read more

Molecular monitoring for marine change and threats
DNA technology promises to improve efforts to monitor marine life in the… Read more

Understanding Antarctica’s contribution to sea level rise
Within the next decades to centuries, will melting of the Antarctic Ice… Read more

World Ozone Day
The ongoing recovery of the ozone layer is being monitored by Australian… Read more

Antarctic research supports healthy space for astronauts
Today, four astronauts are orbiting Earth on the Polaris Dawn mission… Read more

First fuel spill clean-up targets identified for Macquarie Island
Australian scientists have developed the first environmental standards for… Read more

AAD calls for public comment on draft Initial Environmental Evaluation: Operation of RSV Nuyina and science systems
The Australian Antarctic Division is calling for public comment on a draft… Read more

Celebrating World Krill Day
It's World Krill Day and we’re celebrating the big role these tiny… Read more

Rare iridescent clouds appear over Mawson
Antarctic expeditioners at Mawson research station have had front row… Read more

Nuclear scientists inspect new building for test ban monitoring site at Macquarie Island
If a nuclear weapon is tested anywhere in the world, a global monitoring… Read more

High-tech towers to monitor Antarctic biodiversity
One of a planned 20-strong network of Antarctic observing towers… Read more

Sound science delivers whale symphony
A passive listening device recording whale calls and other underwater… Read more

The sun rises on Antarctica
After five weeks of winter darkness, Davis research station is basking in… Read more

Antarctic rivalries get pushed to the limit
Expeditioners across all four Antarctic and sub-Antarctic research… Read more

Calls for public comment on plans to expand the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve
The public is being urged to have input on plans to expand the Heard and… Read more

Macquarie Island research station prepares for busy year ahead
Extra tradespeople are on Macquarie Island this year to work on major… Read more

Antarctica in miniature
Antarctica in a soap bubble. Tiny, jewel-like worlds, frozen in a bubble. Read more

Arts Fellows seek inspiration from Macquarie Island
Botanical illustrator Maura Chamberlain and writer Favel Parrett spent… Read more

Midwinter celebrations mark turning point for expeditioners
Antarctic and sub-Antarctic expeditioners are preparing to mark the… Read more

Ship’s systems ready for science
Antarctic icebreaker RSV Nuyina is preparing for an ambitious marine… Read more

Macquarie Island’s astounding recovery, ten years on from rats, mice and rabbits
It's ten years since a world-first eradication campaign rid Macquarie… Read more

Antarctica’s fragile plankton ready for research
New fragile and exotic marine creatures, captured in waters off Antarctica… Read more

Call for community comment: Review of Mawson’s Historic Site Management plan 2013–2018
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water is… Read more

Snow, swell and 50 knot winds: A late May resupply in the Furious Fifties
The Macquarie Island resupply is underway, with half the cargo now… Read more

Message in a satellite tag
A satellite tag, originally attached to a deep-sea skate off Heard Island… Read more

Antarctic veteran works with both sons on assignment down south
In 2016, Flinders Johnston and Cathy Hawkins were the first mother and son… Read more

Australian Antarctic scientists in bid for NASA space mission
Two Antarctic scientists in Tasmania are part of an international team… Read more

Listening to giants – the search for the elusive Antarctic blue whale
Antarctic scientists have released a comprehensive snapshot of blue whales… Read more

Much loved station mascot returns to sub-Antarctic
Stay was a well-travelled Antarctic mascot who helped raised thousands of… Read more

Modern mapping at Mawson
Seafloor features and potential shipping hazards on the approach to Mawson… Read more

Seismic rumbles send Macquarie Island expeditioners up the hill
Expeditioners at Macquarie Island have been rattled by several earthquakes… Read more

Seabird, seal monitoring crucial as Avian Influenza reaches Antarctica
Seabird and seal monitoring has taken on new urgency after Avian Influenza… Read more

The lows and lows of Antarctic sea ice
It’s the third year in a row Antarctic sea-ice extent has dropped below… Read more

Nuyina joins Southern Ocean plankton survey
Australia’s Antarctic icebreaker RSV Nuyina has made its first… Read more

Tonnes of rock and ice samples on the way back to Australia as landmark campaign wraps up
Edgeworth David Base camp has been packed up and all the scientists and… Read more

AAD calls for public comment on draft Initial Environmental Evaluation: All Stations Operations Activities
The AAD is calling for public comment on a draft Initial Environmental… Read more

Antarctic sea ice in crisis
Antarctic sea ice is in crisis, with a sudden decline recently observed… Read more

Nuyina’s Mawson voyage to make history
Antarctic icebreaker RSV Nuyina will set sail for Mawson for the first… Read more

Denman Terrestrial Campaign enters final weeks after blue skies, blizzards and long days on the ice
The Australian Antarctic Program's collaborative deep field science… Read more

The ICECAP-EAGLE has flown
Australian, Danish and American scientists are flying geophysical surveys… Read more

Antarctic canyon discovered during wild weather
A massive underwater canyon has been discovered in Antarctica by… Read more