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Antarctica

Squadron Leader Anthony Rengel receives handover from the 77th ANARE medical practitioner Dr Peter Rizzo near the RSV Nuyina and local Adelie penguins.
ADF People Overseas Royal Australian Air Force 

The doctor is in the ice house

19/03/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1319 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

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A C-17A Globemaster III from 36 Squadron lands at Wilkins Aerodrome, Antarctica, near Casey Station. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force 

Resupply missions underway for icy continent

11/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1113 Views 0 Comments Antarctica, C-17A Globemaster III, Casey Station, No. 36 Squadron, Operation Southern Discovery, Wilkins Aerodrome

Defence has delivered much-needed supplies to help scientists in Antarctica discover the secrets behind prehistoric climate change. CAPTION: A C-17A Globemaster

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ADF People 

Icy baths and picnics with penguins all part of my job

31/07/202404/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1108 Views 0 Comments Antarctica

While the east coast experienced a chilly start to winter in recent weeks, spare a thought for Antarctic expeditioners like

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A staff member from the United States’ McMurdo Station in Antarctica is boarded onto a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130H to be flown to Christchurch for medical treatment. Photo supplied by McMurdo Station staff.
New Zealand News 

RNZAF carries out rare Antarctica mid-winter medical evacuation

28/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1566 Views 0 Comments Antarctica

A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) C-130H Hercules crew has today carried out a rare medical evacuation of a

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Australian and New Zealand Defence Force members, from left, Petty Officer Vincent Carlsen, ex-sailors Kelly Kavanagh, Durham (Jack) Forbes and Sean (Squizz) Taylor skied for 62 days to reach the South Pole. Story by Captain Krysten Clifton. Photo by Kelly Kavanagh.
ADF People 

Sights set on glacial trifecta

08/02/202409/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1049 Views 0 Comments Antarctica

Having just celebrated the one-year anniversary of a 62-day expedition to the South Pole, Warrant Officer Class Two (WO2) Sean

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

Breaking ground in Antarctica

26/01/202409/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 990 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

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A customs dog team searches for explosives in at the International Antarctic Program terminal in Christchurch. This is the first NZ flight to the ice for the season 2022/23. NZDF photo by Corporal Sean Spivey.
New Zealand News 

NZ Air Force’s Antarctic-support season opens

23/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1665 Views 0 Comments Antarctica

The first group of New Zealand Defence Force personnel have arrived in Antarctica on the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s

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Captain Rebecca Jeffcoat at Casey Research Station, Antarctica, during a previous posting. Story by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton.
ADF People 

Navy officer leads Antarctic expedition

08/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1951 Views 0 Comments Antarctica

Captain Rebecca Jeffcoat has commenced her job as station leader at Australia’s oldest Antarctic research outpost, Mawson Station. CAPTION: Captain Rebecca Jeffcoat

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Sergeant David Wood in front of an C-130H(NZ) Hercules at Pegasus Airfield. The first Air Force C-130 Hercules ice flight of the season to Antarctica arrived at Pegasus Airfield, delivering cargo and returning to New Zealand with freight and passengers. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas 

NZDF begins new season of airlifts to Antarctica

17/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2804 Views 0 Comments Antarctica

The New Zealand Defence Force began today its annual airlift mission to support scientific research in Antarctica. CAPTION: Sergeant David Wood

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Casey research station expeditioners collect the cargo from the airdrop. Photos by Dominic Hall, Australian Antarctic Division (composite image by CONTACT).
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

RAAF airdrops parts needed for Antarctic runway maintenance

22/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4057 Views 0 Comments Antarctica, Casey Station, Operation Southern Discovery, Wilkins Aerodrome

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III dropped 600kg of snow-blower spare parts to Australia’s Casey research station in

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A shipping container with up to 28 tonnes of supplies is hoisted on to a truck driven by a New Zealand Defence Force driver. NZDF photo.
ADF Australian New Zealand News Overseas Rest of World 

Kiwis and Aussies unload supplies in Antarctica

31/01/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3256 Views 0 Comments Antarctica

A team of New Zealand Defence Force and Australian Defence Force personnel are working around the clock to unload a

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Some of the drivers from the New Zealand Defence Force and Australian Army pose for a photo before leaving for Antarctica to help unload about 3000 tonnes of supplies. NZDF photo.
Australian Australian Army New Zealand News Overseas Rest of World 

ANZAC drivers deploy to Antarctica

21/01/201821/01/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5553 Views 0 Comments Antarctica

A team of 20 NZDF plus two drivers and two cargo handlers from the Australian Army left for Antarctica on

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Ninety New Zealand and American scientists and support staff and 12.5 tonnes of payload were flown to Antarctica today as the New Zealand Defence Force began its annual airlift support mission to the world’s most important natural laboratory.
New Zealand News Overseas 

Kiwis fly to Antarctica to start a new research season

21/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3504 Views 0 Comments Antarctica

Ninety New Zealand and American scientists and support staff and 12.5 tonnes of payload were flown to Antarctica today as

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Seven aircrew and two survival training instructors from the Royal New Zealand Air Force dig trenches on the Ross Ice Shelf as part of a survival training course in Antarctica. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas 

Antarctica-bound air crew chillaxed about survival

13/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3417 Views 0 Comments Antarctica

The New Zealand Defence Force has conducted a survival-training course in Antarctica as it gears up for the start of

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The New Zealand Defence Force has begun its annual airlift support mission to Antarctica, delivering 81 scientific and support people and about three tonnes of baggage and equipment. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas 

NZDF begins annual Antarctic-support mission

22/10/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3340 Views 0 Comments Antarctica

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has begun its annual mission to take scientists and support staff to Antarctica, to

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Antarctica winter airdrop
Australian News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology 

Globemaster makes first winter parachute delivery to Antarctica

08/06/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4951 Views 0 Comments air drop, Antarctica, C-17, Globemaster

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III strategic transport aircraft from Number 36 Squadron has successfully performed a parachute

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Australian Defence Newspapers News 

723 Squadron on ice

09/04/201609/04/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4252 Views 0 Comments Antarctica

A mission to Antarctica was a rare opportunity for members of 723SQN Dallas McMaugh reports Photos by Leading Seaman Tim

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RNZAF Boeing lands at Pegasus Airfield on the Ross Ice Shelf during it's maiden flight to Antarctica. NZDF photo
New Zealand News Overseas 

NZDF’s icy summer in Antarctica nearly over

23/03/201623/03/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4036 Views 0 Comments Antarctic Treaty, Antarctica, McMurdo Station, Ross Sea, Scott Base

Another successful summer season of the New Zealand Defence Force’s operation in Antarctica is nearing its end, with the remainder

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A No 36 Squadron C-17A Globemaster sits at Wilkins Aerodrome in Antarctica. File photo by Corporal David Said
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force 

C-17 unscheduled rescue flight to Antarctica

14/03/201619/03/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4801 Views 0 Comments Antarctic, Antarctica

The Royal Australian Air Force has sent an unscheduled C-17 flight to Antarctica yesterday to assist the Australian Antarctic Division after

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ADF Australian miscellaneous News 

Defence rates Antarctic flights “a huge success”

20/02/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3748 Views 0 Comments antarctic flights, Antarctica

The Royal Australian Air Force has successfully flown the final flight into East Antarctica in a series of proof-of-concept flights

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