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SAEF Goes South: 2025-2026 Antarctic Field Season

8 Sep 2025

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Discover the latest information about our 2025-26 Field Season

This season, SAEF field teams will head south to a region experiencing abrupt and interlinked changes that require globally collaborative science to understand and address. 

The fieldwork completed this summer will further our understanding of how Antarctica’s ice, oceans and ecosystems are changing and deliver critical evidence to inform policy and secure the region’s future.

Follow the activities of our SAEF scientists and staff on social media via #SAEFGoesSouth.

SAEF Field Expedition Statement

Expeditions

This season SAEF scientists are taking part in the following expeditions.

Heard Island and McDonald Islands Campaign

September – February 2025

Learn more

More to come…

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