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Squadron Leader Anthony Rengel receives handover from the 77th ANARE medical practitioner Dr Peter Rizzo near the RSV Nuyina and local Adelie penguins.

The doctor is in the ice house

19/03/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1512 Views 0 Comments Antarctica, Mawson Station, Operation Southern Discovery, RSV Nuyina

Squadron Leader Anthony Rengel’s inspiration to spend a year in Antarctica came from a relative who worked at Mawson station

Lieutenant Holly Boubouras in front of a Basler aircraft at Casey Skiway before a flight to Bunger Hills, Antarctica.

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A glimpse of life on the ice

10/05/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1359 Views 0 Comments Australian Antarctic Program, C-17A Globemaster III, RSV Nuyina

People who think meteorologists in Australia are under pressure to get the forecast right should spare a thought for those

Squadron Leader Catherine Humphries with the "It's Home It's Mawson" sign at the research station. Story by Corporal Veronica O’Hara.

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Breaking ground in Antarctica

26/01/202409/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1119 Views 0 Comments Antarctica

Before the Antarctic ice breaker arrived at nearby Davis research station, Mawson’s winter expeditioners anticipated the “tantalising promise” of fresh

A standardised placement of weights – 192 tonnes – served to roll the ship and allow engineers to determine its centre of gravity. Image supplied.

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Australia’s new icebreaker weighed and balanced in absentia

06/07/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2226 Views 0 Comments

In a world-first, Australia’s new icebreaker was weighed and balanced by teleconference, because of COVID travel restrictions, ahead of her commissioning.