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The elusive Antarctic ice and sediment core that could answer sea-level rise questions
12 December 2025
At a remote field camp, scientists and engineers are on a mission to discover when and how fast the West Antarctic could melt.
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Mission for ancient climate clues beneath 500 m of Antarctic ice gets underway
12 December 2025
An international team has set up camp 700 km from the nearest base, to drill for mud and rocks holding insights about the fate of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Ross Shelf Reports
SWAIS2C team at Scott Base
05 December 2025
Our drillers and first of the on-ice science team have arrived at Scott Base, and are keeping busy while they wait for suitable weather to fly to Crary Ice Rise.
Ross Shelf Reports
SWAIS2C’s third season is underway
24 November 2025
It’s all go for our 2025/26 season! Antarctica New Zealand's traverse arrived at Crary Ice Rise on 21 November, after a 13-day, 1100km journey across the Ross Ice Shelf.
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Hunting climate clues beneath the ice
05 October 2025
When a NZ-led team travelled to the far reaches of the Ross Ice Shelf seeking geological records critical for forecasting sea-level rise, Ana Tovey was there to document the mission.
Ross Shelf Reports
Al the Antarctic deep-field camp chef
17 September 2025
There are many home comforts that our on-ice team had to learn to do without, but delicious meals was not one!
Project updates
Test of modified drilling system a success
14 August 2025
Our updated Antarctic Intermediate Depth Drill system has been put to the test in rural New Zealand and passed with flying colours.
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What ancient ice sheets can tell us about future sea-level rise
21 June 2025
When visiting Godrevy beach on the north Cornish coast, most people look out to sea at the lighthouse, surfers and seals rather than the cliffs behind.
Ross Shelf Reports
Searching for ice sheet insights in sedimentary ancient DNA
28 May 2025
Traces of DNA left behind in seafloor sediment by past marine communities at KIS3 could reveal important information about the environmental conditions at the time they were alive.
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Working in ice-solation
12 May 2025
Feeling a bit chilly as winter approaches? Try minus 12 in summer. Central District SOCO Sean Heaphy tells Ten One about his Antarctic adventures.