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Tasmanian Based Research Organisations Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre
The Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE CRC) was established on 1 July 2003 as a joint venture between the Australian Antarctic Division, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Bureau of Meteorology and the University of Tasmania, to lead Australia’s efforts in understanding the roles of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean in the global climate system and global climate change. - top - Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies
Based at the University of Tasmania the Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies (IASOS) provides the only Australian program dedicated to research training in Antarctic and Southern Ocean disciplines. It also provides a broad range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses focusing on the Antarctic, subantarctic and Southern Ocean. - top - Antarctic Wildlife Research Unit
The Antarctic Wildlife Research Unit (AWRU) is an ecological research group at the University of Tasmania . Through science and education AWRU develop, implement and communicate the results of research on Antarctic and Southern Ocean wildlife species to contribute to a better understanding of their ecology for the purposes of conservation and management. - top - Australian Antarctic Division
A division of the Australian Government’s Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) manages Australia’s Antarctic Program and Australian activities in Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic regions. - top - CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CMAR) houses Australia’s leading regional climate change modelling research teams. Their research aims to advance Australian climate, marine and earth systems science. - top - Australian Based Research Organisations Geoscience Australia
Geoscience Australia is Australia’s national agency for geoscience research and geospatial information. It plays a key role in the Antarctic region through its field work and computations carried out in the Geodesy program, as well as its participation in the Geoscience Standing Scientific Group (GSSG), part of the international committee, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). - top - Research Data & Data Sources Australian Antarctic Data Centre
The Australian Antarctic Data Centre is managed by the Australian Antarctic Division. The Data Centre is responsible for the management and distribution of Australian Antarctic data. - top - Macquarie Island Database
The Macquarie Island Citation Database is a bibliographic citation database that has been developed in conjunction with the Biodiversity Conservation Branch and the Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries and water library. - top - Australian Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Dataset
The Australian Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Dataset provides access to surface meteorological data from a network of automatic weather stations at sites in remote regions of East Antarctica. These stations are deployed and operated by the Australian Antarctic Division’s Glaciology Program. - top - Catalogue of Antarctic Climate Data
The Catalogue of Antarctic Climate Data provides a summary of known Antarctic climate data that have been collected by Australian agencies. A brief description of each element is provided, including available information on location, period of coverage and frequency of observations. Contacts for organisations holding the data are also provided. - top - Australian Antarctic Division Atlas
The Australian Antarctic Division Atlas in an interactive site that allows you to view maps for Australia's Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic territories. Visitors to the site can zoom in on sections of the map and view locations in detail. - top - The Polar View
Polar View offers integrated monitoring and forecasting services in the Polar Regions using satellite earth observation data to support improved decision-making, planning and adaptation to climate change. Polar View's services take the form of enhanced sea ice information (charts and forecasts), snow maps and glacier and iceberg monitoring data. It also provides monitoring services of lake and river ice, ice-edge and coastal erosion.
- top - NASA Conceived Map of Antarctica
NASA has produced a map of Antarctica with satellite images of unprecedented clarity. The map is a realistic, nearly cloudless satellite view of the continent at a resolution 10 times greater than ever before with images captured by the NASA-built Landsat 7 satellite. The mosaic offers the most geographically accurate, true-colour, high-resolution views of Antarctica possible. - top - Antarctic Committees & Working Groups Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (known as SCAR) is charged with the initiation, promotion and coordination of scientific research in Antarctica. It also provides scientific advice to the Antarctic Treaty System. - top - Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management
The Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management is a joint committee of SCAR and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes (COMNAP). Its purpose is to advise SCAR and COMNAP on the management of Antarctic data. One of its key roles is to advise on the development of the Antarctic Data Management System including the recruitment of National Antarctic Data Centres (NADCs) and the encouragement of scientists to submit metadata to NADCs. - top - International Research Organisations International Polar Foundation
The International Polar Foundation (IPF) aims to inform the public on Polar Research and the Polar Regions, to enhance the understanding of the World as a complex, unified system and through its activities, to underline the contribution of Polar research to the improved understanding of climate change. - top - Scott Polar Institute
The Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) is a well-known and long-established centre for research into both polar regions. It is part of the University of Cambridge and is a sub-department of the Department of Geography. - top - East Antarctic Stations Mawson
Mawson is situated on an isolated outcrop of rock on the coast in Mac.Robertson Land, at the edge of the Antarctic plateau. It is Australia's first continental station and the longest continuously operating station south of the Antarctic Circle. - top - Davis
Davis is the most southerly Australian Antarctic station and is situated 2,250 nautical miles south-south-west of Perth, on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elizabeth Land. - top - Casey
Casey is located in the Windmill Islands - just outside the Antarctic Circle - and is the third Australian station to occupy a site on Vincennes Bay. - top - Macquarie Island
Macquarie Island is a subantarctic island located in the Southern Ocean, approximately half way between Australia and Antarctica.
Macquarie Island, or "Macca" as it is generally referred to, is a Tasmanian State Reserve managed by the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service. Australia operates a research station at the northern end of the island from which a wide range of research is carried out. - top - Concordia Station
The French and Italian Antarctic programs have agreed to cooperate in developing a research programme that includes the construction and operation of a scientific base located at Dome C, high on the Antarctic plateau, some 1,100 km inland from Dumont D'Urville and 1,200 km inland from Terra Nova Bay. The station at Dome C is called Concordia. Concordia Station is open to the worldwide scientific community for conducting scientific research. - top - Dumont d'Urville
The French station Dumont d'Urville (named after the explorer who discovered Adélie Land on January 20, 1840), is located at East Antarctica 2 700 kms from Tasmania. - top - Mario Zucchelli
Established in 1985, Mario Zucchelli Station is the main Italian Antarctic station. It is situated in the Ross Sea at Terra Nova Bay along the coast of the northern foothills south of Gerlache Inlet between the Campbell and Drygalski Glaciers. Zucchelli Station is on a peninsula with a north south orientation providing access to the sea from both the east and the west. The Tethys Bay inlet provides hard pack ice suitable for aircraft operations including wheeled Hercules aircraft. - top - Zhong Shan
Zhong Shan station is the second Chinese Antarctic base to be opened when it opened on the 26th February, 1989. It is situated on the Larsemann Hills in Prydz Bay in East Antarctica. The Chinese also operate Great Wall Station on the Antarctic Peninsula. - top - Mirny
Opened in February 1956 Mirny is operated as a permanent Antarctic station by the Russian Federation and carries out a wide range of scientific activities. The station is located on the Davis Sea Coast, 100 metres from the Antarctic coastline. - top - Druzhnaya 4
Located on the Ingrid Christensen Coast, on Princess Elizabeth Land, Druzhnaya 4 is a summer station where the Russian Antarctic Program conduct a variety of science activities including geodesy/mapping; geomagnetic observations and seismology. - top - Scott Base
Scott Base is located on Ross Island in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica. Ross Island is 3932 km (2114 nautical miles) from Christchurch New Zealand and 1500 km from the South Pole. The Antarctic mainland is 70 km across McMurdo Sound from Scott Base. - top - Mc Murdo
McMurdo Station, located about 10 metres above sea level in on Ross Island in the Southwest corner of the Ross Sea, is the largest Antarctic station. The station was established in December 1955. It is the logistics hub of the U.S. Antarctic Program, with a harbor, landing strips on sea ice and shelf ice, and a helicopter pad. - top - |