Australian Antarctic Division: Leading Australia’s Antarctic Program

Latest news

• 3 February 2017

  Airborne in Antarctica
  Australia’s aviation assets are airborne across the icy continent in support of a huge array of science and operational projects this summer.

• 30 January 2017

  Clean Up Australia event in Antarctica
  The summer snow-melt at Casey research station has provided the perfect opportunity for expeditioners to undertake a Clean Up Australia event.

• 26 January 2017

  Australia Day in Antarctica
  It’s a long way from Bondi beach and a fair few degrees colder, but Australia’s Antarctic expeditioners will also be donning their bathers this Australia Day and taking a dip in the icy waters of the Antarctic.

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Antarctic locations

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