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In situ chemical stabilisation of contaminants in freezing ground GORE, Prof. Damian Davis, NE Bailey Peninsula ASPA, Casey, Clark Peninsula ASPA, Wilkes waste disposal site, Australia (or home country)

Landfill materials leach heavy metals into the environment. This project will investigate ways to immobilise these metals in situ and in the ground, creating a cheaper management solution than "digging and hauling" the landfill back to Australia.

Tracking Antimicrobial Resistance from Human Sewage to the Antarctic Environment POWER, Dr Michelle Casey, Davis, Prydz Bay, Australia (or home country)

Antibiotic resistance is common in bacteria associated with humans. This characteristic is often used to identify sources of environmental contamination by determining bacterial growth in the presence of antibiotics.

Developing water and sediment quality guidelines for Antarctica: Responses of Antarctic marine biota to contaminants. KING, Dr Catherine (Cath) Macquarie Island, Davis, Australia (or home country), Casey

While it is generally thought that Antarctic organisms are highly sensitive to pollution, there is little data to support or disprove this.

Mesoscale Atmospheric Circulations in Terra Nova Bay LYNCH, Prof. Amanda Other, Australia (or home country)

Small cyclones over the Southern Ocean, through their transport of heat and moisture, represent an important component of the maintenance of Southern Hemisphere climate. The relationship between these cyclones and persistent openings in the sea-ice ("polynyas") remains uncertain.

Skeletal and metabolic responses to Vitamin D supplementation during prolonged periods of sun deprivation: A randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in Antarctic Expeditioners IULIANO-BURNS, Dr Sandra (Sandy) Macquarie Island, Australia (or home country), Casey, Davis, Mawson

Expeditioners to Antarctica experience low vitamin d levels and increased bone loss during the winter months because of the lack of sunlight that is needed by the body to produce Vitamin D.

Development and application of multidimensional gas chromatography for quantitative monitoring of antarctic and subantarctic fuel spills SHELLIE, A/Prof. Robert Macquarie Island, Australia (or home country)

Clean up of Antarctic contaminated waste disposal sites and petroleum spills is required under the Madrid Protocol, unless the clean up process itself creates a greater environmental hazard.

Molecular ecology of key Southern Ocean predators JARMAN, Prof. Simon Casey, Clark Peninsula ASPA, Macquarie Island, Australia (or home country)

DNA based approaches will be used to study key features of the ecology of whales, penguins and krill. Standard methods cannot accurately estimate what prey species these predators consume, how old they are, or how they are related to the rest of their species.

Assessment of the tolerance of sub-Antarctic marine invertebrates to metal contaminants NUGEGODA, A/Prof. Dayanthi Macquarie Island

Despite pollution concerns in Antarctic and southern oceans, there is little ecotoxicological data and none from the sub-Antarctic. Ecological risk assessments and water quality guidelines should use local data, especially in the polar environment as organisms may respond differently to pollutants.

A broadband seismic experiment to image the lithosphere beneath the Gamburtsev Mountains, East Antarctica. READING, Prof. Anya Australia (or home country), Davis, Other

Beneath the East Antarctic interior lies a great mountain range, the Gamburtsev Mountains.

Have stream invertebrate communities of Macquarie Island changed over 15 years and are they likely to respond to climate changes or other environmental factors? NUGEGODA, A/Prof. Dayanthi Macquarie Island

This project will assess the extent of changes to the freshwater stream invertebrate communities of Macquarie Island since they were last sampled 15 years ago.

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