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Aurora Australis enthusiasts capture 'one of the best'
Aurora Australis Facebook group now has almost 20,000 members around the world.
Latest from Antarctica
Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
Incredible whale footage captured in Antarctica
Scientists film spectacular underwater action of the huge mammals beneath the sea ice.
Scientists break ice, and records, to gain climate clues
Kiwi scientists return from Antarctica with important new climate-change insights.
These penguins found a camera in Antarctica and captured a surprisingly good 'selfie'
The selfie-snapping animals are at it again.
North Pole surges above freezing in the dead of winter, stunning scientists
Arctic temperatures are warmer than ever recorded in February.
Entourage actor stars in new Air NZ safety video
Hollywood actor Adrian Grenier will star in a new safety video created by Air New Zealand.
Antarctic iceberg sparks tour rush
Chinese Government has established a new list of rules for people visiting Antarctica.
Mt Erebus victim's family want safety video pulled
Mt Erebus victim's children question how many families Air NZ told about new safety video.
NZ urged to back bid for Earth's largest reserve
NZ is being urged to help create the largest protected area on the planet.
PHOTOS: Antarctica - life beneath the ice
Niwa has released new photos revealing an abundance of life in the freezing waters beneath Antarctica’s ice.
Antarctica: Life beneath the ice
New photos reveal an abundance of life in the freezing waters beneath Antarctica's ice.
'He's a god': Hillary's greatest legacy
Ten years after his death, Ed Hillary's legacy lives on strongly
High-tech ship hunting climate clues in NZ waters
International scientific research ship JOIDES Resolution tackles Zealandia missions.
NZ scientists set to drill vast ice sheet
NZ-led expedition investigates how warming oceans could erode huge ice sheet.
Antarctica discovery changes alien search
Planets that were not even considered candidates to host alien life may be reanalysed.
Watch: Starving polar bear hours from death
"Soul-crushing" footage has emerged of a starving wild polar bear searching for food.
Steve Braunias: Secret diary of Secret Santa
COMMENT: Steve Braunias reveals who's giving what to whom this Christmas.
Erebus hostess remembered at grave
Erebus crew member's widower supports call for national memorial.
Families upset at Erebus delay
Families want a national Mt Erebus disaster memorial built before 2019's 40th anniversary.
Lack of sea ice hampers Antarctic expedition
A dramatic change in sea ice could hamper a major NZ scientific expedition in Antarctica.
Only two chicks survive breeding season
A horrific breeding season left a penguin colony strewn with dead babies.
Unusually warm weather affected race to South Pole
Unusually warm weather affected Scott and Amundsen's race to the South Pole, study finds.
NZ-led study aims to forecast next 'super-eruption'
Scientists will model the risks of a future "super-eruption" in a new $8.2 million study.
It's official: Pluto mountains named after Sir Ed
Mountain ranges on Pluto have been formally named after Sir Ed Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
Life under the ice? Antarctica's mysterious caves
Hidden beneath the frozen surface of Antarctica lie warm caves that could harbour life.
Methane discovery could change climate priorities
Kiwi scientists have helped unlock frozen secrets that change what we know about methane.
Scientific buoy goes rogue, charts new course for Chile
A buoy measuring waves in the southern ocean has gone rogue and headed on a new journey.
Q&A: Antarctica's new trillion-tonne iceberg
A Kiwi Antarctic scientist discusses the break-off of a trillion-tonne iceberg.
Iceberg six times size of Auckland about to break off Antarctica
Iceberg will be among largest ever seen, containing about 1 trillion tonnes of ice.