Green light to rebuild Scott Base in Antarctica
October 14, 2021
The New Zealand Government has given the green light to begin the redevelopment of Scott Base in Antarctica.
Operations in Antarctica
First plane of the austral summer arrives at the South Pole
October 15, 2019
The first flight of the season lands at the South Pole
30 years of service for icebreaker RSV Aurora Australis
September 26, 2018
Australia Post has marked the 30 years of service for icebreaker RSV Aurora Australis
RSS Sir David Attenborough will be larger than existing British icebreakers
July 02, 2018
The new British icebreaker, RRS Sir David Attenborough will be larger than existing ships used by the British Antarctic Survey.
Australia will build first paved runway in Antarctica
May 20, 2018
Australia will build the first paved runway in Antarctica, 6km from Davis Station, providing year-round air access to the continent, and complementing the summer-only runway on hard ice at Wilkins.
The Tucker Sno-Cat - one of the ultimate snow vehicles
April 30, 2018
The four track Tucker Sno-Cat is one of the ultimate snow vehicles.
New Zealand operations in Antarctica since 1957
January 20, 2017
Peter Beggs of Antarctica New Zealand talks about his countries long-standing commitment to science research on the ice, and the permanent station on Ross Island, Scott Base, established in 1957.
NASA’s Operation IceBridge completes one of its most successful Antarctic deployments to date
November 30, 2016
NASA’s Operation IceBridge is about to finish its eighth consecutive Antarctic deployment, and it’s looking like the 2016 season will be its most successful to date.
ICECAP researchers use long-range drones to study East Antarctic Ice Sheet
August 03, 2016
A team of researchers with ICECAP has been using long-range drones to monitor more efficiently changes to the East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Decommissioned GOES-3 satellite - end of an era for South Pole communications
July 26, 2016
It’s the end of an era for Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station communications, with an aging satellite that provided critical internet connectivity to the remote station decommissioned late last month.
Historic mid-winter South Pole medical evacuation in Twin Otter aircraft
July 05, 2016
One of the major perils of working on the remote continent of Antarctica is that, in a serious emergency, help is a very, very long way away
USCGC Polar Star: the US Coastguard’s heavy icebreaker
June 29, 2016
The 122-metre, 13,000 ton \"heavy\" icebreaker Polar Star is one of the largest ships in the US Coast Guard, and one of the world's most powerful non-nuclear ships