Professor Michael Ashley recently returned from Antarctica where he deployed a telescope to one of the most remote locations on Earth – a place known as Ridge A, 850km from the South Pole.
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You probably wouldn't try to drive across Antarctica in a regular Hilux.
Michael Ashley
Professor Michael Ashley recently returned from Antarctica where he was deploying a telescope to one of the most remote locations on Earth – a place known as Ridge A, 850km from the South Pole.
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Drilling could provide insights on Jupiter's moon, Europa.
Shandchem
Late last week the Russian Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) announced they had successfully drilled into the elusive sub-glacial Lake Vostok, a body of water lying under nearly 4km of Antarctic…
It's hard to ignore Antarctica's natural beauty, especially when ice halos come out to play.
Michael Ashley
Professor Michael Ashley is currently in Antarctica to deploy a telescope to one of the most remote locations on Earth – a place known as Ridge A, some 850km from the South Pole.
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Everyone is looking at Antarctica right now: attention at last! The 100th anniversary of Douglas Mawson’s landing at Commonwealth Bay in Antarctica arrived and passed without the promised celebration…
Why walk around the South Pole when you can ride?
Michael Ashley
Professor Michael Ashley is currently in Antarctica to deploy a telescope to one of the most remote locations on Earth – a place known as Ridge A, some 850km from the South Pole.
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As far as workplaces go, you could do worse than the South Pole.
Michael Ashley
Professor Michael Ashley is currently in Antarctica to deploy a telescope to one of the most remote locations on Earth – a place known as Ridge A, some 850km from the South Pole.
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When you're trying to fly to the South Pole, weather-related delays are a frustrating reality.
Michael Ashley
Professor Michael Ashley is currently in Antarctica to deploy a telescope to one of the most remote locations on Earth – a place known as Ridge A, some 850km from the South Pole.
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When you plan a six-week trip to Antarctica, the fun starts before you even arrive.
Michael Ashley
We live in a privileged time, when travel around the world is easy and cheap. It’s commonplace for Australians to see Times Square in New York, the Great Wall in China, or trek in Nepal.
But one continent…
4,000 scientists and dodgy internet – what can possibly be done?
Todor Lolovski/Australian Antarctic Division
By David Salt, Australian National University and David Harvey, Australian National University
The information revolution is hurtling towards Antarctica in the shape of a 20 centimetre cube weighing less than 10 kilograms.
It can’t come soon enough. Not because Antarctic scientists (numbering more…
Competing interest make Antartica's future uncertain.
Martha de Jong Lantink
When does “national interest” equal “national sovereignty”? Apparently when Australia looks south.
That position seems to be emerging from think tanks and senior government officials in the stop/start…
Australia needs a new ice-breaking ship for Antarctic research.
AAP
The recently-released Lowy Institute report, Antarctica: Assessing and Protecting Australia’s National Interests is both timely and likely to stimulate much discussion about Australia’s future presence…
Budgetary constraints and climate change are putting the Antarctic in peril.
AAP
Does Australia have strategic interests in Antarctica? Do we really think of the region as the “common heritage of mankind”?
The Antarctic Treaty states that it is “in the interest of all mankind that…
The Antarctic Treaty protects the continent from competing interests.
AAP
This year marks the 50th year of the Antarctic Treaty, a visionary document that for the first time set out a vision for an entire continent based on peace, science and co-operation.
So how does it hold…
Changes to Antarctica don't just affect those who live there.
AAP
Changes in the Antarctic go well beyond the immediate region. They affect the whole planet.
Antarctica and the Southern Ocean and the feedbacks between the ice, oceans and atmosphere play a crucial role…
