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 icebreaker, RSV Nuyina, is the main lifeline to Australia’s Antarctic and sub-Antarctic research stations and the central platform of our Antarctic and Southern Ocean scientific research. Nuyina ...

DAVIS STATION — In what experts are already describing as “possibly award-winning”, and “probably better than the MONA”, Davis Station opened its doors on Saturday night for an extraordinary showcase ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI Territory) is an external territory of Australia. It was declared to be a Territory of the Commonwealth under the Heard Island and McDonald ...

Dr Clive McMahon has made an outstanding contribution to Antarctic and Southern Ocean science through internationally recognised leadership in marine mammal telemetry and ocean observation. His work ...

Australian Antarctic Program scientists are contributing to global understanding of the spread of H5 avian influenza (bird flu) with the release of findings from recent voyages to the remote ...

Greenhouse gases trapped in 3,000 year-old Antarctic ice are being extracted and analysed for clues to Earth’s climate past. The gases – carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide – were trapped as ...