Research, Air Link, Expeditions Stories
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State recruits Antarctic doyen
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Professor Denzil Miller, an elder statesman of Antarctic conservation, has been appointed Director, Antarctic Tasmania, Science and Research. If you would like to read more about a recruiting coup in the Antarctic Centennial Year, please click on the headline.July, 2011, Issue 118
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$45m home for marine and Antarctic science
Princes Wharf No. 2, on Hobart’s waterfront, is to be transformed into a $45 million Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, enabling the University of Tasmania to consolidate all its marine and Antarctic programs in a single site. Along with the adjoining CSIRO laboratories, the institute will create a unique national research hub beside the wharves used by research ships heading into the Southern Ocean and to Antarctica.
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Read moreJune, 2009, Issue 95
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Author at our edge
Award-winning New Zealand author, Neville Peat, visited Tasmania in April to research the nature, geography and human history of our east coast for inclusion in a book on the Tasman Sea. If you would like to read more about this trans-Tasman literary project, please click on the headline.
Read moreMay, 2008, Issue 82
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Ancient corals surprise scientists
Australian and American scientists using an unmanned submersible were surprised to discover an extensive ancient coral reef in deep ocean south of Tasmania. If you would like to read more about a voyage that involved dives to depths of 3km, please click on the headline.
Read moreFebruary, 2008, Issue 79
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Touchdown on the ice
After years of planning and a number of false starts, the Australian Antarctic Division’s first official flight from Hobart to Antarctica proceeded into exploration history without a hitch on 11 January. A second flight took scientists specialising in upper atmosphere studies and glaciology to Antarctica the following day, but unfavourable weather caused the cancellation of a planned visit by the Governor-General, Michael Jeffrey, on 22 January. Further flights were scheduled, subject to weather conditions, before the expected end of the season in mid-February.For more stories in this month’s newsletter, please click on the headline.
Read moreFebruary, 2008, Issue 79
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Darby launches a subtle Harpoon
Andrew Darby's new book Harpoon (Allen & Unwin, $29.95) should be read by pretty well everyone who wants to know more about international whaling, writes Christopher Bantick. .If you would like to read Christopher Bantick's review of Darby's scholarly investigation, please click on the headline.
Read moreSeptember, 2007, Issue 75
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July's just awful for giant squid
A rare giant squid (Architeuthis) weighing more than 200kg that washed up on a West Coast beach in July has confirmed the mid-winter month as a very bad time for its species. If you would like to read more, please click on the headline.
Read moreAugust, 2007, Issue 74
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Local role in sea level study
Tasmanian scientists are set to play a major role in the next phase of international satellite-assisted studies of the surface levels of the world’s oceans. If you want to read more, please click on the headline.
Read moreApril, 2007, Issue 70
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Scientist rides the red tide
Marine scientist Ben Mooney has won the inaugural Fulbright Tasmania Award and will continue cutting-edge research into dinoflagellete biology in the United States. If you want to read more, please click on the headline.
Read moreApril, 2007, Issue 70
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Whale rescue raises the bar
Seven surviving sperm whales, among a pod of 12 stranded in shallow water in Macquarie Harbour, were rescued in a week-long operation described as the most successful sperm whale rescue anywhere in the world. If you want to read more, please click on the headline.
Read moreApril, 2007, Issue 70
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Antarctic takes off this summer
Trial flights between Hobart and Antarctica are to begin in the coming summer season, possibly as early as December 2006. For the full story, please click on the headline. Read more
June, 2006, Issue 61
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TMAG presents the icy south
More than 1,000 patrons a day are visiting Islands to Ice: the Great Southern Ocean and Antarctica, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery’s largest and most interactive exhibition. For more about Hobart’s new point of focus on the Southern Ocean, Sub-Antarctic and Antarctica, please click on the headline.
Read moreApril, 2006, Issue 59
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Twelve hours to Antarctica
Scientists can travel from Hobart to Antarctica in hours instead of days or weeks, following establishment of the long-awaited air link between Tasmania and Casey Base. Hobart’s new Antarctic connection, progress by the Fair Dinkum Food campaigners and a breakthrough sale by an innovative Tasmanian company to the US Defence Department are among this month’s news in brief. For a snapshot of Tasmanian news, click on the headline. Read more
November, 2005, Issue 54
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Antarctic Midwinter Festival kicks off winter celebrations
If you’re planning to visit
May, 2005, Issue 48
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Links with Antarctica move closer over the Winter Solstice
Husky demonstrations, science talks, giant penguins, ice sculptors, classical music and late night films are just a few things on offer at this year’s Antarctic Midwinter Festival…. Read more
May, 2004, Issue 37
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Hobart: Australia's gateway to Antarctica
Tasmania's ancient physical links with the Antarctic are paralleled by its historical associations, which date back to 1777 when Captain James Cook sought refuge on tranquil Bruny Island, off the coast of Hobart, after circumnavigating Antarctica.
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