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Remote sensing equipment gets an upgrade
Date: 2026
Type: Update
Summary: To monitor and be able to predict changes in the Antarctic environment, Aotearoa New Zealand runs a network of remote data collection sites. These enable us to gather environmental data year-round and build long-term data sets, while reducing the carbon footprint of researchers flying to and around Antarctica. Unfortunately, these monitoring stations are becoming increasingly difficult to support.
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Flying south for the winter - K879A
Date: 2026
Type: Update
Summary: Antarctica New Zealand was proud to host Professor Rangi Matamua FRSNZ ONZM (Tūhoe; Massey University) and his mentee Mataia Keepa (Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Maniapoto, Te Arawa), as they travelled to the ice during winter 2025 to study the Antarctic skies.
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Creating space for kaupapa Māori
Date: 2026
Authors: Delane Luke - Kaiārahi Rangahau Māori
Summary: During the Cryosphere and Climate Open Science Forum, we were fortunate enough to hold our first Antarctic Science Platform Mātauranga Māori workshop.
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Science highlights from Ross Sea voyage
Date: 2026
Type: People
Summary: DOCUMENTARY VIDEO: Highlights from 2024 Ross Sea voyage
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Postcard from the edge: RV Aaron voyage report
Date: 2026
Type: Field Work
Summary: Science never sleeps, and some researchers are still in the field as the Antarctic winter closes in. Dr Jasmin McInerney, an ocean instrument engineer, is doing collaborative work on the RV Aaron with Korea, US and UK groups.
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SWAIS2C: Record-breaking sediment core provides unprecedented evidence of West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat
Date: 2026
Type: Press Release
Summary: A New Zealand co-led international team has drilled the longest-ever sediment core from under an ice sheet, providing a record stretching back millions of years that will help climate scientists forecast the fate of the ice sheet in our warming world. The 228m of ancient mud and rock was drilled from under 523m of ice. This game-changing scientific and technological achievement took place more than 700km from Scott Base, at a deep-field camp at Crary Ice Rise on the edge of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The sediment core holds an archive of past environmental conditions at the site from warmer periods in Earth’s history, vital information for climate scientists to determine how much and how fast the ice sheet will melt in the future under our warming climate.
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Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) Open Science Conference
Date: 2026
Type: Update
Summary: The Antarctic Science Platform was pleased to be a sponsor of the Climate and Cryosphere Open Science Conference 2026 in Wellington.
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World's cryosphere scientists gather in Wellington
Science Minister boosts Antarctic tech
Date: 2026
Type: Update
Summary: Antarctic Science Platform researchers are among climate scientists gathering in Wellington this week to discuss how climate change-induced ice melt could accelerate sea-level rise, increase flooding and cause more intense storms in Aotearoa and across the globe. Science Minister Dr Shane Reti stopped in to share news about additional funding for Antarctic technology.
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