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Stories from the Deep South: the Australian Antarctic Program encompasses projects in Antarctica, on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island and in the Southern Ocean. The program is led by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, based in Tasmania.
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Macquarie Island is a remote speck in the wild Southern Ocean. Since 1948, it's been home to an Australian research station. Every year, there's one visit from a ship to resupply the station for the next twelve months. Go behind-the-scenes for the 2019 resupply, and hear the stories of those who travel there, those who stay, and why they keep comin…
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Ten thousand kilometres. Nine different nations. Summer in Antarctica. An Australian team of four is travelling across the eastern half of Antarctica in early 2020. Their mission? To inspect stations of Germany, China, Russia, Belarus, and the Republic of Korea, under the Antarctic Treaty. More info and photos at https://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/…
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