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News from the Australian Antarctic Program
| February 2026
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Heard Island's active volcano, Big Ben, dominates the view from a scientific camp at Atlas Cove earlier this year. Photo: Warwick Barnes |
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Heard Island highlights | Learn more about the research conducted on Heard Island this summer, including biological surveys and marine science. | |
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Ice Age Drillers | From the age of humans to the age of ice and mammoths! Million Year Ice Core project scientists have drilled 400 m into the Antarctic ice sheet, retrieving ice cores that formed in the last ice age, more than 13,100 years ago. | |
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Celebrating 50 years of women in Antarctica | We’re celebrating 50 years of women’s participation in the Australian Antarctic Program. Learn more about the challenges and rewards they experienced in our feature ‘Ice Breakers – 50 years of women in Antarctica’. | |
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Tour an inland ice station | Ever wondered what life’s like in a remote field camp in Antarctica? Join the Traverse Leader for Australia’s Million Year Ice Core project for a quick tour of the Dome C North camp, 1200 km from Casey station. | |
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e-DNA and marine biosecurity | Antarctic scientists have trialed a DNA ‘barcoding’ technique that could improve biosecurity measures that help protect polar ecosystems from invasive marine species. | |
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Antarctic Art | A new exhibition, 'Creative Antarctica: Australian Artists and Writers in the Far South' in Melbourne until May, features a century of works produced by artists through the Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship. | |
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