The paved runway was to be built near the Australian Davis station. Apart from a misguided investment of 19 million AUS dollars, nothing is left of the original plan. (Photo: AAD / Andrew Garner) Australia’s government had hoped that a paved runway near its...
“ARTEMIS” will be deployed in hard-to-reach locations in Antarctica and on sub-Antarctic islands, where researchers have difficulty getting to. (Photo: AAD) The Australian Antarctic Division will deploy three high-tech automated weather stations with...
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...