Watch the deployment of the Fisheries and Oceans Canada ARGO float in the Ross Sea, conducted during NZDF's OPERATION TIO to Scott Base and McMurdo Station.
Podcast series: Step out onto a frozen landscape with New Zealand researchers investigating the future of Antarctica.
Four articles from the Antarctic Science Platform that explore how sea ice interacts with the climate, ocean and ecosystem functions.
Climate models struggle to reproduce observed Antarctic sea-ice behaviour, due to the many processes affecting its formation and melt.
Sea ice plays a crucial role in the life cycles of many Antarctic organisms, from the algae at the base of food chains, to seals and penguins at the top.
Antarctic sea ice has an annual seasonal cycle of formation and melting, and is exposed to the winds and storms of the Southern Ocean.
Formation of Antarctic sea ice also affects ocean circulation across the globe. Understanding the mechanisms linking these phenomena is crucially important.
During each of the last two summers, the ice around Antarctica has retreated farther than ever before.
Podcast episode: Researchers in our southernmost continent were shocked to find stretches of sea ice disappearing.
A summary and infographic on the future projections of sea ice in Antarctica.
A summary and infographic on the importance of sea ice for Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems.
A summary and infographic on the physical role of sea ice in Antarctica.
A summary of a decade’s worth of Antarctic research, plus recommendations.
A story map exploring Iwi relationships with the Southern and Antarctic Oceans.
Victoria University of Wellington
Kelburn Parade
Wellington
New Zealand
e: seaice@vuw.ac.nz