Antarctica
Buzz Aldrin evacuated from Antarctica
Buzz Aldrin has been evacuated from Antarctica's South Pole and is being treated in hospital in Christchurch for fluid on his lungs. Audio
Legendary astronaut rushed to hospital in Christchurch
Buzz Aldrin, the second man to step foot on the moon, is in hospital in Christchurch after being evacuated from Antarctica with fluid on his lungs. Audio
Remote Scott Base to host Tedx talks this Antarctic summer
Shivers, Tedx is moving south. The most remote Ted talks ever will take place at Scott Base in Antarctica in January. Audio
Lack of Erebus disaster memorial a 'glaring omission'
A national memorial for the 257 people killed in the Mt Erebus crash should be erected in time for the disaster's 40th anniversary, a voluntary group says.
Historic agreement to create the world's largest marine reserve
The Ross Sea in Antarctica has been made the world's largest marine reserve after delegates from 24 countries and the European Union agreed at a meeting in Hobart. Audio
Changing times at Our Changing World
As Our Changing World is about to change to a shorter format, Veronika Meduna looks back at some of her favourite stories about science and the environment. Audio
Changing times at Our Changing World
As Our Changing World is about to change to a shorter format, Veronika Meduna looks back at some of her favourite stories about science and the environment.
AudioSouth Pole rescue mission
A daring mission to evacuate two sick people from a scientific base at the South Pole is nearing completion. It's only the third time a plane has flown to the base in winter. The Amundsen-Scott South… Audio
Winter flight lands on Antarctica's ice runway.
A new era of winter flights is making life a little easier for a small group of New Zealanders braving winter in Antarctica. Audio
Future of sea level rise science
John Church, an expert on sea level rise and one of the scientists who could lose his job at CSIRO, discusses how ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are contributing to sea level rise now and in… Audio
Future of sea level rise science
John Church, an expert on sea level rise and one of the scientists who could lose his job at CSIRO, discusses how ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are contributing to sea level rise now and in…
AudioStudio Antarctica
Sculptor turned Antarctic scientific researcher Gabby O'Connor is enlisting the help of schoolchildren to create a massive art installation of sellotape sea ice platelets. Audio, Gallery
Historic Antarctica NZ site to be inundated by lake level rise
An historic Antarctica-New Zealand site is likely to be submerged under water this summer due to climate changes which are causing lake levels to rise in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Audio
Finding dinosaurs in Antarctica
More than a hundred years ago on his fatal expedition to the South Pole Robert Falcon Scott and his unlucky team discovered the very first fossils in Antarctica while trekking over the Transantarctic… Audio
Researchers muddying Antarctic waters
Researchers say human waste is contaminating Antarctica's pristine ocean -- affecting fish, seals, penguins and other marine creatures. Audio
Researchers muddying Antarctic waters
Raw sewage from research bases is contaminating Antarctica's pristine ocean, affecting fish, seals, penguins and other marine creatures, researchers say.
Thar she goes! On the tail of the Kermadec humpback whales
Satellite tagging has revealed that humpback whales that breed in Oceania socialise at Raoul Island in the Kermadecs and has shown where in Antarctica they go to feed. Audio
Thar she goes! On the tail of the Kermadec humpback whales
Satellite tagging has revealed that humpback whales that breed in Oceania socialise at Raoul Island in the Kermadecs and has shown where in Antarctica they go to feed.
AudioScientists to spend four weeks in Antarctic winter
And a group of New Zealand scientists are undertaking winter field research with a real difference -- they will spend four weeks in the perpetual darkness of Antarctica. Audio
Kiwi scientists plan world-first winter research in Antartica
Five New Zealand scientists' research in the middle of the Antarctic winter could be applied to a manned trip to Mars.
