Do you have what it takes to live and work in Antarctica? The Australian Antarctic Division is preparing to launch its annual recruitment drive for 29 different roles, from tradespeople and voyage ...

The Australian Antarctic Program and the Australian Defence Force are celebrating 10 years of collaboration in Antarctica through Operation Southern Discovery.

The legendary Antarctic pastime of Lid-spinning is steeped in antiquity, but not many know that this activity’s history precedes the years of Shackleton, Mawson and Scott. Originally born from ancient ...

This last week at Casey Station felt like a bit of a gear shift as we move into the ramp-up for the next part of the season. The Wilkins crew packed up and headed up the hill to Wilkins Aerodrome to ...

The important role ships play gathering scientific data in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean has been outlined at a leading Antarctic science conference in Hobart. The biennial Australian Antarctic ...

The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) is temporarily withdrawing staff from Macquarie Island research station due to the psycho-social risk to expeditioners of a ...

While it’s only been a couple of weeks since Mawson’s last Icy News story on an Auster Rookery visit, it’s time to provide an update as there have been recent wildlife developments… hatchlings!! And ...

Life on station is a constant, never-ending rollercoaster of competing priorities. It’s a daily tug-of-war between tackling your planned workload for the day and pitching in to help the team source ...

The following is a transcript of a conversation that took place during episode 17 of Eastern Antarctica’s fourth most-downloaded podcast, “Smooth Operators”. Cam: Welcome back to another episode of ...

I have learnt one thing: every previous expeditioner has gotten photography wrong. So, here are my steps to capturing a proper Antarctic aurora photograph. In my long and illustrious career as an ...