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Antarctic Stations Inform Space Travel

IMAS/UTAS Researcher calls for participants in social interaction Rebecca Kaiser is a PhD candidate with University of Tasmania School of Social Sciences and Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS). Rebecca’s research aims to investigate the social interactions in Antarctic stations as an analogue for future space travel and habitation. Humanity aims to travel ever […]

2024 National Council Elections

The ANARE Club needs you..! Nominations are now open for the 2024 National Council elections! The 13-member Council manages much of the Club’s activities and projects and we are getting busier all the time. The ANARE Club is in an excellent position to become a national advocate and authority in Australia’s Antarctic history, driving governments […]

Ernest Shackleton’s last ship found

Shipwreck hunters have discovered the last expedition ship of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Quest, at the bottom of the Atlantic. Shackleton died of a heart attack at age 47 aboard the Quest when the ship was anchored off the coast of South Georgia.  The shipwreck was found in the Labrador Sea, off the coast of […]