Expeditioners stranded on Australian flagship icebreaker, which ran aground in Antarctica, were rescued on Friday by a barge, ahead of attempts to refloat the ship. The Aurora Australis has been stuck ...

From 6,000 applications each year, only about 300 make the cut to travel down to Antarctica and experience a workplace like ...

In short: A defence aircraft could be deployed to Antarctica to deliver much-needed supplies to Mawson Station via an airdrop, a Senate inquiry has been told. It comes after Australia's icebreaker, ...

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Expeditioners have been stranded on Macquarie Island after an industrial dispute. Now, the Australian Antarctic Division is working to bring them home. Here’s what led to the situation. In a final ...

Adventure Adviser: Unfortunately, quite a few. There is a photograph in a previous issue of Outside of hundreds of oxygen bottles littering a camp on the mountain. It is estimated that 50 tons of ...

In the depths of the Antarctic winter, expeditioners at Australia’s research bases might as well be on the moon. Or on their way to Mars. “When you are in Antarctica you know you can’t get out — there ...

As the Aurora Australis spent a second night aground at Mawson station, 5200km south-west of Perth, it was revealed the US Antarctic program would come to the rescue by transporting 30 Australian ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania. Followed categories will be added to My News. In a final Senate hearing on Wednesday, AAD head Emma Campbell said the division was looking at contingency ...