The “Nuyina” is one of the most advanced polar research vessels in the world and continues a proud Australian history of exploration and science in Antarctica. (Photo: Richard Jupe / AAD) Australia’s new Antarctic icebreaker needs repairs just days...
It should be quiet in the future, as it has been so far, at Davis Station in Australia. (Photo: AAD) Australia has abandoned plans to build a 2,700m concrete runway near its Davis research station on the coast of Antarctica. Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s...
Snow-covered Vestfold Hills (Photo: Tiarnán Colgan) A team of three geotechnical specialists will begin winter surveys near Australia’s Davis Research Station in East Antarctica to collect data on soil, rock and ice in the area proposed for a new aerodrome. This...
The journey to the highest Kunlun station at an altitude of 4,087 metres, 1,220 km from the coast, is arduous and takes about 2 weeks. (Photo: Xinhua) Is the 60-year-old Antarctic Treaty robust enough to stop China? In the 1959 treaty, more than 50 states agreed not...
The new “Davis” station was designed by architect Hugh Broughton and engineering consultants WSP and is due to be built in the next few years. (Photo: Hugh Broughton Architects / AAD) The “Davis” station is the southernmost Australian research...
