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News from the Australian Antarctic Program
| December 2025
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It's a white Christmas for the team at Dome C North this year as they kick off the second season of drilling for the Million Year Ice Core Project. Photo: Damien Beloin |
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Antarctic Arts Fellowship | Expressions of Interest are now open for Australian artists and creative professionals to apply for the Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship. EOIs will close 1 February, 2026. | |
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Heard Island revisited | Australia’s icebreaker, RSV Nuyina, is on its way to the spectacular Heard Island and McDonald Islands for the second time this year, this time for a 25-day science and environmental management visit. | |
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Antarctic research at COP30 | Multiple climate change pressures are now driving abrupt changes across Antarctica’s ocean, ice and biological systems. Watch AAD Chief Scientist, Prof. Nerilie Abram's presentation on the research at the COP30 meeting in Brazil in November. | |
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Long haul for science | The second season of Australia's Million Year Ice Core drilling project is underway. | |
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Ice core drilling diary | Follow the Million Year Ice Core drilling team's progress in their daily Drilling Diary. | |
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Seeing seabirds | Knowing whether a seabird species is present or absent from a site is critical for population and biodiversity studies, detecting change in species’ distributions, and prioritizing sites for protection. | |
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