Ten thousand kilometres. Nine different nations. Summer in Antarctica. Early 2020, just before ‘lockdown’ and ‘pandemic’ became everyday words.

An Australian team of four is travelling across the eastern half of Antarctica. Their mission? To inspect stations of Germany, China, Russia, Belarus, and the Republic of Korea, under the Antarctic Treaty.

For more info and photos, see https://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2021/travel-10-000km-across-antarctica-by-podcast/

Antarctic Treaty station inspections

Macquarie Island is a remote speck in the wild Southern Ocean. Since 1948, it's been home to an Australian research station. Every year, there's one visit from a ship to resupply the station for the next twelve months. Go behind-the-scenes for this year's resupply, and hear the stories of those who travel there, those who stay, and why they keep coming back.

Producer, narrator: Mark Horstman, Australian Antarctic Division
Photo and additional audio: Ryan Osland, The Australian

Resupply 2019: Macquarie Island

The Australian Antarctic Program (AAP) is led by the Australian Antarctic Division. The AAP encompasses all projects undertaken in Antarctica, on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island and in the Southern Ocean.

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