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Cool $800m flows to Antarctic activities

The environment minister says an $800 million funding boost to research and scientific capability in Antarctica strengthens Australia's commitment to the area.

AAP

Australia to invest $800 million shoring up Antarctic claim amid strategic competition

Australia will soon fly a fleet of surveillance drones over the interior of Antarctica and establish temporary stations to boost its influence amid renewed competition in territory it maintains an historical claim to.

ABC News

Coalition pledges $804m to ensure Antarctica is ‘free from conflict’

Drones, autonomous vehicles and helicopters will aid research and exploration in the increasingly contested region

The Guardian - AU

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Arctic explorer Will Steger shares recipes and reflections from his Minnesota homestead

Simplicity and sustainability are the main themes running through a new cookbook, written with his niece Rita Mae.

Tribune News Service

Aussie eyes Antarctic solo sailing record

Australian yachtswoman Lisa Blair nearly lost her life in the Southern Ocean in 2017, but she is again preparing to set sail with eyes on an Antarctic record.

AAP

Flourishing plants show warming Antarctica undergoing ‘major change’

Dramatic spread of native plants over past decade is evidence of accelerating shifts in fragile polar ecosystem, study finds

The Guardian - UK

Exploring Antarctica's hidden under-ice rivers and their role in future sea-level rise

Underneath Antarctica’s vast ice sheets there’s a network of rivers and lakes. This is possible because of the insulating blanket of ice above, the flow of heat from within the Earth, and the small amount of heat generated as the ice deforms.

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Fresh Prince of Antarctica: Will Smith to travel pole-to-pole for new Disney+ show

The 26,000-mile trek will be filmed over 100 days

The Independent UK

‘Polar Preet’ aims to inspire next generation of adventurers

Preet Chandi, an Army physio, trekked across Antarctica last year.

The Independent UK

How Ernest Shackleton’s icy adventure was frozen in time

An exhibition of vivid photographs and a restored documentary give fresh insight into the Antarctic explorer, who died a century ago

The Guardian - UK

Earliest solar storm

What is the earliest record of a solar storm? Through analysis of ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica, a research team has found evidence of an extreme solar storm that occurred about 9,200 years

The Hindu

Locating Ernest Shackleton's lost ship during expedition would be 'groundbreaking' says historian

An imminent expedition aims to find, survey and film the wreck of Endurance, which sank during the Kildare man’s quest to Antarctica in 1915

Irish Mirror

Locating Shackleton’s lost ship during expedition would be ‘groundbreaking’

The Endurance22 Expedition aims to find, survey and film the wreck of Endurance, which sank during Sir Ernest’s quest to Antarctica in 1915.

The Independent UK

50 interesting facts about Earth

We've collected some of the most interesting and amazing facts about Earth

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Returning Antarctic explorer relishes a stand-up shower after three weeks on a sailing ship

Alex Maciver (18) went to the coldest place on earth as part of a historic youth project, but when he got back home to Perthshire, he was relieved to enjoy a proper shower and a can of Irn Bru - neither being available in Antarctica.

The Independent UK

Giant iceberg blocks scientists' study of 'Doomsday Glacier'

Teams of scientists sailing to Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier, nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier, are having trouble getting there

Reuters

Penguins offer varied clues to Antarctic climate change

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AAP

Icebreaker returns from Antarctica

Australia's new icebreaker, the RSV Nuyina, has returned to Hobart following its maiden Antarctic voyage discovering an underwater canyon and mountain

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How cutting-edge technology may help uncover hidden meteorites in Antarctica

Hunting meteorites in Antarctica has largely been a matter of serendipty. But a new machine learning study could provide a treasure map for finding meteorites.

Tribune News Service

Failure proved to be a success for Antarctic explorer who braved frostbite and shipwrecks

“Shackleton: The Biography” by Ranulph Fiennes; Pegasus Books (452 pages, $32)

The Canberra Times

Canberra to Antarctica flights a 'surreal' trip of a lifetime, as new dates revealed

Kevan Brown was aboard a 13-hour trip that departed Canberra and flew over Antarctica.

AAP

Scientists discover 2.2km Antarctic canyon

Scientists on board Australia's icebreaker RSV Nuyina have mapped a 2.2km deep canyon in East Antarctica for the first time.

ABC News

Giant canyon discovered underneath Vanderford Glacier in Antarctica, revealing history behind rising sea levels

Australian Antarctic expeditioners have discovered an enormous, 2-kilometre-deep canyon underneath a glacier that may make it more vulnerable to warming oceans.

LiveScience

Antarctica: Facts about the southernmost continent

Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, and driest continent. Because so little moisture falls as rain or snow, Antarctica is classified as a desert.

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