💎Looking like jewel-encrusted snow globes, these miniature icy worlds are actually frozen soap bubbles. ❄Antarctic photographer Justin Chambers spent many freezing hours getting his focus, technique & bubble mixture right. Do you have a favourite? 👀antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/anta…

Genetic diversity within wild species is critical to maintaining the world’s biodiversity.🌏 But a study of over 900 species in 9 countries, shows genetic diversity is declining. New tools to monitor it could help manage species at risk. More: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/el… 📷M. Salton

Statutory consultation on the proposal to expand Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve starts today and closes Thursday, 5 September 2024. 🗻🌊 Find out more - consult.dcceew.gov.au/review-of-hear… 📷 F Belton

Have you seen RSV Nuyina in the River Derwent over the past few weeks? 👀 We have been testing and practicing using some of the science systems on board, including using drones, as seen in this video. 🌊 Find out more 👉 antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/ship…

Drop and give me 20!💪 Legends from across the Australian Antarctic Program pushed their bodies to the limits for the 2024 Push Up Challenge, finishing off a cool 3,249 push ups (or alternative exercises) over 24 days. ❄️ Find out more on our website 👉antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/anta…

😎After five weeks of winter darkness, Davis research station is basking in the glow of a rising sun. As the days lengthen, stunning auroras and sparkling stars are making way for pink and orange horizons and blue skies. More antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/sun-… 📷J. McGhie, C. Burns

We’ve been talking a lot this week about the sun returning to Antarctica, but what does that actually look like? ☀️ At Davis research station, they basked in 46 minutes of sun darting along the horizon, behind some massive icebergs. More about sunlight 👉antarctica.gov.au/about-antarcti…

Whale hello there!🐋 Macca Station Leader, Bec, captured this amazing footage of orcas cruising by station on Wednesday. There were about 9 whales in this pod, including two young claves. 😍 Check out more footage of the pod in this week’s Station News👉antarctica.gov.au/news/stations/…

🐳Whale acousticians have sized up sperm whales off Heard Island with sound science. The team used the animals’ echolocation clicks, captured on a moored acoustic recorder, to determine head and body size. Learn more 👉antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/soun… 📷B. Miller

🐳From sizing up sperm whales using sound science, to miniature Antarctic worlds in a soap bubble, the latest issue of our online newsletter, Antarctic Insider, has something for everyone. 📰 Read online or subscribe today 👉 antarctica.gov.au/news/antarctic… 📷 Justin Chambers

Congratulations to Australian Antarctic Division scientist Dr Aleks Terauds, who's won a prestigious award for international coordination of Antarctic Science from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). 📸Pete Harmsen

One of a planned 20-strong network of Antarctic observing towers, bristling with environmental sensors, is being built to monitor environmental & biological variability & change in old-growth moss beds & other biodiversity sites. More👉antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/high… 📷 K. Randall

👩‍🚀Great to host Australian Space Agency astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg this week. Astronauts & Antarctic expeditioners face similar challenges. 🩺Our Polar Medicine Unit aims to improve the health of both, using Antarctica as a space analogue antarctica.gov.au/news/2023/anta… 📷S. Payne

🦐On World Krill Day we’re celebrating the big role these tiny crustaceans play in the Southern Ocean ecosystem. Did you know, Antarctic krill do an amazing pair dance when they mate that lasts about 10 seconds? 🤔Learn more kriller facts antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/happ…

😮Antarctic expeditioners at Mawson research station have had front row seats to a rare atmospheric phenomenon – the formation of spectacular polar stratospheric clouds, also known as ‘nacreous’ or ‘mother of pearl’ clouds. More 👉antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/rare… 📷J Davey, J Chambers

Join us at the Australian Antarctic Festival to discover the icy wonders of the Antarctic! 🐧❄️ Learn about Australia’s Antarctic Program and meet our world-leading Antarctic experts.🚢 Find out more at the Mawson’s Huts Foundation: mawsons-huts.org.au/2024-festival-…

Ice, ice, bubbles? 🫧 Did you know there are frozen bubbles in Antarctic ice which contain trapped gases from thousands of years ago? Find us at the Australian Antarctic Festival at Princes Wharf 1 on Sat 24 and Sun 25 August to find out more. More 👉mawsons-huts.org.au/2024-festival-…

Australian scientists have developed the first environmental standards for fuel contamination in soils, for sub-Antarctic environments. They will help safeguard plants, invertebrates, microbes & soil function in places like #MacquarieIsland. antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/firs… 📷D. Bergstrom

A big thanks to the trades team at Macquarie Island research station, who transformed the Garden Cove accommodation block in just six weeks. 📸Rebecca Jeffcoat

Want to know how we get you ready to work and live in Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic? The Expeditioner Summit is a four day course where we teach our expeditioners everything they will need to know about going down south, like how to use survival kits as seen in this video!