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25 June 2021
Request for proposals | Procurement for Geomagnetic Huts
This procurement will contribute to the delivery of Antarctica New Zealand’s Long-Term Science (LTS) Relocation Project, which is a critical sub project of the Scott Base Redevelopment Project.The site to the west of Scott Base c… Read More
10 June 2021
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31 May 2021
SBR Update | May 2021
Welcome to the first edition of our Scott Base Redevelopment newsletter, and a huge thank you for your support as we undertake our biggest project ever, rebuilding our home on the ice. Read More
28 May 2021
Science Update - May 2021
27 May 2021
Take a look inside our new base
Antarctica New Zealand is excited to share what the inside of our new base will look like.A video of the interiors, released publicly yesterday – and viewed first by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern alongside our staff - takes you o… Read More
26 May 2021
TVNZ | Revealed: Inside Antarctica's soon to be re-vamped Scott Base
The inside of what Antarctica’s Scott Base will look like after its multi-million dollar redevelopment has been revealed today. Read More
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2025
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2024
- NZDF | First flight to ice for Air Force’s new C-130J Hercules
- A year in review: the 2023-24 Annual Report
- Beehive | Climate Minister to see Antarctica research first-hand
- Antarctic cooperation at centre of Scott Base visit
- Scott Base Redevelopment confirms exit from port of Timaru land
- Scott Base Redevelopment regains momentum
- Antarctica New Zealand Acting Chief Executive Appointment
- Metropol | Antarctica New Zealand is resetting its Scott Base Redevelopment project
- Antarctica New Zealand chief executive update
- Beehive | Antarctica New Zealand Board appointment
- New plan for Scott Base Redevelopment
- Update 5: Scott Base Redevelopment
- Update 4: Scott Base Redevelopment
- Update 3: Scott Base Redevelopment
- Update 2: Scott Base Redevelopment
- Appointments to Antarctica New Zealand Board
- Scott Base Redevelopment Project Director
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2023
- Update 1: Scott Base Redevelopment
- SBR Update | June 2023
- Feeling sad or SAD? Lessons from Antarctica on how to get through winter
- Connecting with Scott Base now easier after Starlink installed
- Starlink for Scott Base – but no phones during dinner!
- SBR Update | April 2023
- Stuff | Wind turbine replacement project to power Antarctica's Scott Base
- New turbines for the windiest continent
- 9 News | Perth man braves freezing Antarctic winter night to capture natural spectacle
- Stuff | New Scott Base research station set to sail for Antarctica in 2027
- Antarctic voyage to echo history
- Join us at Scott Base. We're hiring!
- The Guardian | ‘Sunlight streams in at 2am’: life inside New Zealand’s Antarctica base
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2022
- SBR Update | December 2022
- WSP | Anything but ‘boring’: What lies beneath at Scott Base wind farm
- Viral penguin at Scott Base
- 1 News | Timaru school kids experience Antarctica through Minecraft
- NZ Herald | PM in Antarctica: Jacinda Ardern on ‘childhood hero’ Shackleton’s Hut, what ‘contested’ world means for the continent and climate change
- NZ Herald | Focus: PM Jacinda Ardern lands in Antarctica
- Newshub | Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to visit Antarctica for 65th anniversary of Scott Base
- Scott Base to welcome PM Jacinda Ardern
- SBR Update | October 2022
- Come and celebrate Days of Ice with us!
- Let the science begin!
- Engineering NZ | Inside Job: Karissa Hyde
- INTERFACE | Creating a new Scott Base, one Minecraft block at a time
- Better connected thanks to Antarctica
- Build in Digital | Scott Base redevelopment: Offsite construction at the edge of the world
- Stuff | Scott Base Redevelopment on track with detailed design phase almost complete
- NZ Herald | Ōtautahi Christchurch - Our gateway to Antarctic science
- SBR Update | Green is the new base
- Stuff | Colour of Antarctica's Scott Base rebuild to reflect history
- NZ Herald | Keep it green: Scott Base to stay its signature colour
- Keeping Antarctica kākāriki: A green Scott Base wins New Zealanders' hearts
- The race for the base
- SBR Update | June 2022
- NZ Herald | Antarctica New Zealand get first look inside Scott Base redesign
- SBR Update | May 2022
- We need you to Colour Our Place, Scott Base!
- New building for science at Scott Base
- Successful resupply mission to Antarctica proves capability of NZ Navy ship
- We're hiring! Come work at our place, Scott Base
- Scott Base supply run: Science and machinery, with a side of sauce
- NZ Navy's new replenishment vessel sails on maiden voyage to Antarctica
- SBR Update | January 2022
- The new face rebuilding Scott Base
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2021
- Secret Santa at Antarctica's Scott Base
- We're hiring! Wind Farm Upgrade positions
- SBR Update | December 2021
- WSP | Testing times at Scott Base
- Science Update - November
- SBR Update | November 2021
- It’s all about that Base
- Request for proposals | Independent Commissioning Agent
- We're hiring! Project Manager - Scott Base Redevelopment
- SBR Update | October 2021
- Green light to rebuild Scott Base
- Stuff | Government green lights renewal of historic Antarctic research base
- SBR Update | August 2021
- DHL | Delivered. goes sub-zero with Nick Murdoch for Antarctic Logistics
- Science Update July 2021
- Newshub | Revealed: Scott Base rebuild cost comes with warnings over project size and scale
- Science Update June 2021
- Request for proposals | Procurement for Geomagnetic Huts
- Subscribe for redevelopment updates
- SBR Update | May 2021
- Science Update - May 2021
- Take a look inside our new base
- TVNZ | Revealed: Inside Antarctica's soon to be re-vamped Scott Base
- Stuff | Watch: Take a sneak peek of the new $300m Scott Base
- NZ Herald | Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits Antarctica New Zealand after $344m funding boost for Scott Base makeover
- ChristchurchNZ | Christchurch A Winner As Government Confirms Scott Base Redevelopment
- Newstalk ZB | Budget 2021: Scott Base investment 'welcome news'
- The Guardian | Saving Scott Base: New Zealand’s ageing Antarctic station gets $300m lifeline
- Beehive | Budget 2021 safeguards the future of Scott Base
- NZ Herald | Budget 2021: $344m boost for Scott Base makeover
- Successful budget for Scott Base
- Science Update - April
- Science Update - March 2021
- 2019/20 Annual review of the New Zealand Antarctic Institute
- Stuff | Antarctica NZ needs $300m from Government to fund Scott Base rebuild
- Stuff | Scott Base: She's creaky but done us proud
- Keystone Trust | Scott Base Redevelopment - Karissa Hyde
- Stuff | More plants could begin to 'invade the Antarctic Peninsula' as the frozen continent warms
- Stuff | Leaky buildings and ageing electrics: Report reveals poor state of Scott Base
- Science Update - February 2021
- Scott Base Redevelopment: Comprehensive Environmental Evaluation
- Science Update - January 2021
- Scott Base Redevelopment: Weather Station relocation
- Science Update - December 2020
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2020
- Science Update - November 2020
- Science Update - October 2020
- Can kids ace our base?
- Webinar | Are we on the cusp of a healthy building revolution? Wellbeing, workplaces and the new normal
- Presentation | Designing and validating a sustainable Antarctic station
- Presentation | Antarctic Station Modernization: Future‐proofing Infrastructure
- Science Update - September 2020
- Stuff | Antarctica NZ planning for sea level rise – and fall – at Scott Base
- Science Update - August 2020
- New Board members for Antarctica New Zealand
- Ice-olation for Antarctica New Zealand
- A Green Building on the White Continent
- Science Update - July 2020
- We're Hiring!
- NZ company to rebuild our home in Antarctica
- COVID-19 Impacts Antarctic Field Season
- Polar Journal | Facelifting for New Zealand’s Antarctic station
- Webinar: Redeveloping Scott Base for the future
- New additions to the Redevelopment project team
- Business as unusual – designing through COVID-19
- Antarctica New Zealand Update
- Update from the ice
- Antarctica New Zealand COVID-19 response
- Kiwi construction companies vying for Earth's iciest rebuild in Antarctica
- Is this the world’s coldest job interview?
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