Green light to rebuild Scott Base in Antarctica
July 22, 2026
The New Zealand Government has given the green light to begin the redevelopment of Scott Base in Antarctica.
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First plane of the austral summer arrives at the South Pole
July 22, 2026
The first flight of the season lands at the South Pole
30 years of service for icebreaker RSV Aurora Australis
July 22, 2026
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 22, 2026
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
July 22, 2026
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
July 22, 2026
The four track Tucker Sno-Cat is one of the ultimate snow vehicles.
New Zealand operations in Antarctica since 1957
July 22, 2026
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
July 22, 2026
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.
Decommissioned GOES-3 satellite - end of an era for South Pole communications
July 22, 2026
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 22, 2026
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
ICECAP researchers use long-range drones to study East Antarctic Ice Sheet
July 22, 2026
A team of researchers with ICECAP has been using long-range drones to monitor more efficiently changes to the East Antarctic Ice Sheet
USCGC Polar Star: the US Coastguard’s heavy icebreaker
July 22, 2026
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
Australian government signs contract for new Antarctic icebreaker
July 22, 2026
The Australian Government has signed a contract for Australia’s new icebreaker, with the custom built ship due to arrive in Australia in mid-2020.
The station on stilts: German Antarctic research station Neumayer III
July 22, 2026
Germany's polar research agency, the Alfred Wegener Institute, has built a research station on hydraulic stilts.