Australia to withdraw staff from Macquarie Island due to ‘psychological risk’ of bird flu
The Australian Antarctic Division will launch a mission to extract personnel from Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean…
Leaking tents and ‘substandard’ gear given to sub-Antarctic expeditioners
The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) says there are “lessons to be learnt” after internal documents revealed expeditioners were…
China and Russia have again blocked moves to protect the endangered emperor penguin
China and Russia have been accused of blocking global efforts to protect the emperor penguin amid concerns the…
Australian government rejects clean-up deadline for Antarctica’s Wilkes Station
The Australian government has officially ruled out cleaning up Antarctica’s contaminated Wilkes Station before the end of the…