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Artwork depicting change in Antarctic sea-ice conditions. Photo: Marte Hofsteenge. CC BY-NC-ND.

Ant-ART-ica: Using art to communicate Antarctic research
Date: 2023
Type: People
Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Summary: PhD student Marte Hofsteenge is exploring the use of art to communicate with a wider audience about research in Antarctica.
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Steering Group Deputy Chair
Expressions of Interest
Date: 2023
Type: Update
Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Summary: The Antarctic Science Platform is seeking expressions of interest for a Deputy Chair for the Platform Steering Group. The Deputy Chair will take a governance leadership role in transitioning the Platform to a second tranche of funding which begins on 1 July 2025.
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Future sea level rise in Aotearoa and Antarctica
Date: 2023
Type: Update
Authors: Tim Naish
Summary: Among the most visible effects of human-induced global warming are rising seas around the world. What does this mean for Antarctica, and for Aotearoa New Zealand? Here, we provide an overview of recent global and local trends, and the importance of understanding the contribution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to future sea level rise. Research within the Antarctic Science Platform is improving the accuracy of ice sheet models, reducing uncertainty in future projections, and contributing to sea-level projection tools here, and overseas.
Drilling a rock core at the Friis Hills, 2016 photo Richard Levy medium

Friis Hills drilling project: New findings
Uncovering secrets of the past to understand our future
Date: 2023
Type: Update
Authors: GNS Science
Summary: The paleoenvironmental and paleontological information and data that these sediment cores contain are critical to guide our understanding of Antarctica’s past climatic and glacial conditions. Scientists continue to examine and re-examine these valuable repositories.
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Antarctic Science Platform in the news 2022/23
Date: 2023
Type: Update
Summary: In case you missed it, here are some of the media and outreach opportunities our team was involved in during the past year. There were also public talks, school visits and publications in subscription-based magazines.
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Under thinning ice at Lake Fryxell
Date: 2023
Type: Update
Summary: In January, divers were able to return to the bottom of Lake Fryxell in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Waikato University professor Ian Hawes donned his dive suit as part of a NZ-US team carrying out long-term ecological monitoring. They found that the ice on the lake is thinning, and this is changing the microbial life that grows in this extreme environment. Videographer Anthony Powell worked with the divers to bring back pictures from the bottom of the lake, and TVNZ's Laura Frykberg helped tell the story.
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Tangaroa voyage: Land-sea connectivity in the Ross Sea coastal environment
Date: 2023
Type: Update
Summary: Researchers returned recently from a 6-week research voyage aboard the RV Tangaroa to the Southern Ocean and Ross Sea region of Antarctica. Dr Sarah Seabrook went searching for seafloor seeps of subglacial fluids into the ocean.
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Tangaroa voyage: Northern Victoria Land's coastal marine life
Date: 2023
Type: Update
Summary: Researchers recently returned from a 6-week research voyage on the RV Tangaroa to the Southern Ocean and Ross Sea region of Antarctica. They were able to access enough nearshore water to complete planned research into coastal benthic biota. They gathered over 4,000 images of benthic marine life and filmed 41,000 square metres of sea floor previously unseen. Here's Miles Lamare’s highlights.
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