For the sheer excitement of being here
PhD student Andie Hay offers her thoughts about life on the high seas – and a poem
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Living the oceanographic dream
PhD student Polina Sholeninova about her experience living and working at sea on the FOCUS voyage
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From big things, little things grow
Why are we studying a patch of the Southern Ocean just 100km wide and 200km long so intensively?
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How to build a tall mooring
Crew and scientists on CSIRO research vessel RV Investigator install an oceanographic ‘weather tower’ in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
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We’re in the zone
The FOCUS voyage has now reached our survey area about 850 nautical miles south of Hobart (or 200nm west of Macquarie Island, halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica).
Deep-sea diving probe recovered from Southern Ocean
A state-of-the-art robotic float has been recovered from the Southern Ocean, in a first for CSIRO research vessel Investigator.
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Voyage to Southern Ocean ‘hotspot’ probes how planet’s strongest current helps melt Antarctic ice
Scientists head for the heart of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current to investigate how it leaks warm water into polar seas.
SWOT team zooms in on Southern Ocean from space
MEDIA RELEASE: An advanced new satellite to observe water on Earth in unprecedented resolution promises to revolutionise Australian research in the Southern Ocean.
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Key Antarctic research awarded ARC Discovery grants
MEDIA RELEASE: Innovative research on Southern Ocean productivity and sea ice by the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP) will be advanced with three Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery projects.
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Antarctica and the Southern Ocean: insights from the 2022 IPCC WGII report
The Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP) and the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) have released a report on IPCC WGII key findings for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.
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