Antarctica

12 February 2018Today our emergency training activity was focused on learning how to get in and out of our immersion suits, in under 2 minutes.

13 February 2018Antarctic voyage leader Dave Bowden on the phone from the Southern Ocean.

TAN 1802 - Antarctic voyage leader Dave Bowden on the phone from the Southern Ocean.

9 February 2018RV Tangaroa is farewelled by a pod of dolphins as it heads off on its 12th voyage to the white continent.

RV Tangaroa is farewelled by a pod of dolphins as it heads off on its 12th voyage to the white continent. Footage courtesy of Kareen Schnabelke.

5 February 2018
Tomorrow is “mob day” for 40 people heading to Antarctica for six weeks aboard NIWA’s research vessel Tangaroa.

Forty intrepid adventurers leave Wellington next week for a six-week scientific voyage to Antarctica.

In October a team of scientists from New Zealand and Finland travelled to Antarctica for a scientific diving expedition under the ice.

Read about the science that will be undertaken during the voyage.

Read details about the aims of the voyage and find information about the scientists and crew on board.

A selection of images from the voyage. We will be adding images as they are sent back from the vessel.

The voyage is supported by funding from NIWA, MBIE, the Deep South National Science Challenge and the University of Auckland.