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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.

Australian Antarctic research at COP30

18 Nov 2025

Australian Antarctic research at COP30 Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science Deputy Director, Professor Matthew England (UNSW), is today presenting to the COP30 meeting in Brazil as part of a team of Australian scientists sharing a synthesis of abrupt changes in the Antarctic environment. The presentation is part of the COP30 Cryosphere Pavilion, and […]

ACEAS researchers awarded ARC Discovery Project grant to unlock East Antarctica’s secrets

14 Nov 2025

Associate Professor Jacqui Halpin and Dr Jacob Mulder standing on the Denman Glacier during the Denman Terrestrial Campaign. Credit: Jacqui Halpin. ACEAS researchers awarded ARC Discovery Project grant to unlock East Antarctica’s secrets A team of scientists from the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) has received a prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) […]

ACEAS Research Forum 2025: a national gathering of Antarctic science excellence

10 Nov 2025

ACEAS Research Forum 2025: a national gathering of Antarctic science excellence More than 140 researchers from across Australia gathered in Hobart last week for the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) Research Forum, held from 5 to 7 November at the University of Tasmania’s Sandy Bay campus. The three-day event showcased the breadth […]

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.