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Intrepid Antarctic women mark 50-year milestone

Scientists and expeditioners who were among the first Australian women to set foot in Antarctica hope their stories can inspire the next generation.

AAP · Aug 21

Australian Antarctic Division admits to ‘extraordinary overspend’ of $42m before climate projects halted

Greens blast ‘dysfunctional’ governance as division’s deputy secretary tells inquiry of ‘no clear checks and balances’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 5, 2023

As Antarctic sea ice continues its dramatic decline, we need more measurements and much better models to predict its future

After two seasons of record-breaking lows, Antarctica’s sea ice remains in dramatic decline, tracking well below any winter maximum levels observed since satellite monitoring began during the late 1970s.

The Conversation · Sep 25, 2023

Australia’s Antarctic program faces $25m cut as Greens warn savings couldn’t come ‘at a worse time’

Operations leader Emma Campbell says cut is due to ending of a temporary budget supplement and an internal efficiency dividend

The Guardian - AU · Jul 28, 2023

Nel Law stowed away on her husband’s ship to Antarctica. She was the first Australian woman to see its ‘crystalline strangeness’

I know many people born in 1961 – they are my contemporaries and friends. It doesn’t seem so long ago. Their lives and experiences seem modern to me. They don’t seem old: certainly, none of them have problems working their iPhones. And yet, 60 years is aeons ago when it…

The Conversation · Jul 17, 2023

Government to implement reforms after a damning review into Australian Antarctic Division culture

An independent review of workplace culture at the Australian Antarctic Division has found one-in-four female staff respondents had experienced workplace sexual harassment, with the majority in Antarctic stations.

ABC News · Apr 3, 2023

Landmark study projects 'dramatic' changes to Southern Ocean by 2050

A landmark study projects dramatic changes in ocean circulation in the Southern Ocean over the next three decades, with wide-reaching impacts on weather and fishery populations.

ABC News · Mar 29, 2023

Australia to make area the size of Germany a marine park in Southern Ocean

Plan to triple size of Macquarie Island protection zone to shield ‘remote wildlife wonderland’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 23, 2023

Government plans to protect marine area the size of Germany around Macquarie Island

An area roughly the size of Germany is set to be added to Australia's protected marine zones, safeguarding the future of millions of penguins, seals and sea birds on Macquarie Island.

ABC News · Feb 22, 2023

Bureau of Meteorology's remote observation network braves wind, ice, and snow to measure the weather

To get a full picture of what the weather is doing requires a presence on far away places — and that means things get a little, or a lot, chilly.

ABC News · Feb 21, 2023