NEWS

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.

Now is not the time to put funding on ice

03 Jul 2025

Now is not the time to put funding on ice – Australian Antarctic field programs should be ambitious as the rule not the exception, writes Matt King. *The following is an opinion piece by ACEAS Director Professor Matt King, published first in the Mercury newspaper on Thursday 3 July, 2025 — When Australia’s new icebreaker, […]

Interview transcript – Australia’s Antarctic science funding: the crisis is now

01 Jul 2025

Interview transcript – Australia’s Antarctic science funding: the crisis is now “The crisis is this year, it’s right now. That’s the conversation we’re trying to get across with our elected officials.” – ACEAS Director, Professor Matt King speaking with ABC Hobart’s David Reilly. *The following is a transcript of a radio interview on ABC Hobart’s […]

Antarctic ice melt to drastically alter the structure of key Antarctic current, new research finds

23 May 2025

Antarctic ice melt to drastically alter the structure of key Antarctic current, new research finds Antarctica’s “last oceanic defence” could be transformed by the melting of the very ice it shields, according to a ground-breaking new study. Published in Geophysical Research Letters, the study predicts the melting of Antarctic ice through climate change will alter […]

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.