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From gelato to art, and a fun-filled family day, there’s something for everyone at this year’s Days of Ice. As the Scott Base team gears up for a busy summer of science, Ōtautahi Christchurch—one of the world’s five Antarctic gat… Read More

University of Canterbury - PhD student Eva Nielsen created a new dataset of Antarctica’s temperatures over the past 20 years. "The Ross Sea region is warming a lot." Read More

RNZ - This month marks the end of an era for some of the Royal New Zealand Airforce's trusty old work horses, the Hercules C-130H aircraft, affectionately known as Fat Albert. Air commodore Andy Scott spoke to RNZ's Susana Lei'at… Read More

Celebrate Christchurch’s connection to Antarctica with interactive activities, speakers and films for Days of Ice. Read More

Antarctic-related activities based in New Zealand contributed nearly a quarter of a billion dollars to the New Zealand economy last year. Antarctica New Zealand has released a report that analyses the economic impact of Antarctic… Read More

There's only been eight readings in 26 years, and Scott Base has just managed to capture the ninth! Find out what the readings are of and check out this season's science programme in the Science Update. Read More