| May 2024 | News from the Australian Antarctic Program
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Mawson station chef, Justin Chambers, took this photo of an aurora over the station during a period of particularly high solar activity in March. |
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Fragile plankton ready for research | For the first time, a range of fragile and exotic marine creatures, captured in waters off Antarctica in perfect condition, are being housed in the Australian Antarctic Division’s research aquarium. | |
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Listening to giants | Scientists have released a comprehensive snapshot of blue whale distribution around Antarctica based on almost 20 years of passive acoustic monitoring. | |
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'Stay's' successor heads to Macquarie Island | A much loved station mascot, who disappeared in mysterious circumstances, is heading south again with the help of Guide Dogs Tasmania. | |
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Message in a satellite tag | It’s the scientific equivalent of finding a message in a bottle. A satellite tag, originally attached to a deep-sea skate off remote Heard Island, has washed up on a beach in southern Tasmania, after travelling more than 5,000 kilometres in 10 months. | |
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Island resupply | Despite Macquarie Island's notorious weather, LARCs, helicopters and skilled personnel have resupplied the island with food, fuel, building materials and other cargo for another year. | |
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Modern mapping at Mawson | Seafloor features and potential shipping hazards on the approach to Mawson research station, have been precisely mapped for the first time using RSV Nuyina’s acoustic instruments. | |
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NASA mission for Antarctic scientists | Two Tasmanian Antarctic scientists are part of a team selected by NASA to develop a new satellite mission concept to monitor Earth’s vegetation and ice as they respond to climate change and human activity. | |
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