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Hit film's maker back on ice
An Antarctica-based Kiwi whose documentary became a runaway global hit is back on the ice for another major project.
An Antarctica-based Kiwi whose documentary became a runaway global hit is back on the ice for another major project.
Near the margin where Pram Point drops on to the McMurdo ice shelf stands a small shack, set against a dramatic and ever-changing Antarctic backdrop.
Call it extreme geology: a team of Kiwi scientists is venturing to a remote part of Antarctica to dig up ancient evidence of a warmer world.
Spending a night camping in the freezing conditions of Antarctica requires a whole new set of skills as Jamie Morton discovered.
Sewing "thermal undies" for a drone is just one way Kiwi scientists have overcome the extremes of Antarctica to capture the frozen continent's delicate plant-life from the air.
Herald science reporter Jamie Morton is spending the next week in Antarctica and will be filing a regular diary from Scott Base. Here is his second entry.
Freezing wind storms. Temperatures plunging to -40C. Months of perpetual daylight or darkness. These brutal, barely imaginable conditions seem positively Martian.
Herald science reporter Jamie Morton will be filing regular stories from Antarctica's Scott Base over the next week, along with a daily diary entry. Here is his first.
Minerals released by giant icebergs capturing carbon is slowing the rate of global warming.
Another major study has pointed to the alarming potential impact of climate change on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet - the vast "sleeping giant" of the frozen continent.
The New Zealand Defence Force has marked 50 years of airlift support flights to Antarctica by delivering more than 3000kg of freight to the icy continent.
Firstly, can you describe your research programme on the ice, how this project has been developed, and how many scientists are involved?
Dr Craig Stevens is part of a team camping at McMurdo Sound to investigate why Antarctic sea ice is not shrinking at the same rate as Arctic sea ice.
A bit of Kiwi ingenuity and an epic road trip will ultimately help a team of scientists understand how Antarctica's vast Ross Ice Shelf might respond to future warming.
A New Zealand bid to establish the world's largest marine reserve in Antarctica is a step closer after China agreed to support the project.
Major Kiwi-led study paints a dire picture of Antarctica's future under climate change, with models simulating heavy ice loss under all but one scenario.
If the vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet melted, oceans would rise by 50 metres. This week, new scientific evidence will be presented that shows it's at risk.
A new study has found that if we burned all the fossil fuel on Earth, the Antarctic ice sheet would completely disappear.
Research efforts and modern technology have revealed tens of thousands of new creatures we never knew could even survive on Antarctica.
Prosecutions against illegal fishers who tangled with the New Zealand navy have been hailed as a “giant step forward” by Foreign Minister Murray McCully.
Antarctica's Larsen B ice-shelf is on course to disintegrate completely within the next five years, according to a study by US space agency Nasa.
The Xuelong is Beijing's polar workhorse and made headlines in 2013 when its helicopter airlifted passengers from the ice-bound Akademik Shokalskiy.
Luis Andres Henao investigates the South Pole travel industry and finds that tourists now far outnumber scientists.
I spent last week in the Auckland Islands, where only a few people get to go. DoC, the Navy and universities send people down a few times a year.
Researchers find warm water eroding ice shelves in east and west Antarctica.
Twenty-six crew members on board an Australian-flagged fishing boat are trapped by ice in Antarctica, sparking a rescue bid by a New Zealand fishing vessel.
Air Force has changed its procedures following a difficult landing in near white-out conditions in Antarctica with a plane low on fuel and carrying 130 people.