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Read the latest ACEAS news as we seek to uncover the mysteries of East Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, and better understand emerging climate risks.

Fishing for a glacier's secrets

Fishing for
a glacier's
secrets

It’s an ice fishing trip like no other.

A five-metre long drill. More than a kilometre of line. On a glacier tongue over an unmapped ocean. The mission: to suspend a string of sensors under the ice that will monitor the temperature, salinity and currents of the ocean below, every hour for the next few years.

How to drill an ice shelf — and why

How to drill
an ice shelf
— and why

Christmas Day 2023. While many of us are at the beach or around the barbie, a plucky team of four scientists and a polar field guide pitch their tents at what must be the world’s most remote campsite: the Shackleton ice shelf.

The magic of magnetotellurics: imaging how deep Denman Glacier is and what lies far beneath

25 Jul 2025

The magic of magnetotellurics: Imaging how deep Denman Glacier is and what lies far beneath For the second summer running, ACEAS geophysicist Dr Maria Costanza (Coti) Manassero is camped in the remote Bunger Hills in East Antarctica, about 450 kilometres from Australia’s Casey Research Station. It’s the last leg of the three-year Denman Terrestrial field […]

New round of seal-borne observations to help fill knowledge gaps in key Antarctic region

24 Jul 2025

New round of seal-borne observations to help fill knowledge gaps in key Antarctic region A team of specialist seal taggers has successfully tagged 14 southern elephant seals at Macquarie Island with satellite-linked devices, to monitor conditions in the Southern Ocean and along the Antarctic Shelf adding valuable observations to better understand the physics and biology […]

“We are addressing a critical challenge”: the future of marine ecosystem modelling

23 Jul 2025

“We are addressing a critical challenge”: the future of marine ecosystem modelling Marine ecosystem researchers from around the world have gathered in Hobart to discuss the big challenges facing those tracking and projecting how our oceans respond to climate change.  ‘Advancing Regional Marine Ecosystem Modelling: from Southern Ocean to Global Perspectives: A FishMIP Regional Modelling […]

Seasonal Newsletters

Read the latest ACEAS Seasonal newsletters as we seek to uncover the mysteries of East Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, and better understand emerging climate risks.