22 Dec 2025
SAEF team undertakes research expedition to oasis in the Antarctic desert
A team of SAEF scientists is on their way south to the Schirmacher Oasis in Dronning Maud Land to study the region’s delicate moss and lichen and deploy a new…22 Dec 2025
SAEF scientists embark on expedition to study microbial life in the water beneath Antarctica’s Dry Valleys
A team of SAEF microbiologists has departed on a research expedition to the McMurdo Dry Valleys, the largest ice-free desert in Antarctica, to investigate the region’s little-known groundwater system and…25 Nov 2025
SAEF scientists embark on research voyage to pristine and remote Heard Island
A team of SAEF scientists departed today on the Australian Antarctic Program research voyage to Heard Island and McDonald Islands. The expedition is a rare opportunity to visit one of…18 Sep 2025
Heard Island and McDonald Islands Voyage
This season, the Australian Antarctic Program is leading two voyages to Australia’s external territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands. The campaign is the first major campaign in more than…18 Sep 2025
Scientists prep for fieldwork on Australia’s most remote island
On a remote island in the middle of the Southern Ocean, expeditioners must brave 25 to 180 km/h winds, frigid temperatures and elephant seals beneath an almost 3,000 m high…8 Sep 2025
SAEF Goes South: 2025-2026 Antarctic Field Season
Discover the latest information about our 2025-26 Field Season11 Apr 2025
Explainer: Sorting sea pigs from sea spiders—How we collect, sort and preserve seafloor species
Reporting from the RSV Nuyina, SAEF field assistants Jesselyn Brown and Joshua Lesicar explain how the team collects, sorts and preserves seafloor species and how the data stored in their…25 Mar 2025
First beam trawls completed on the Denman Marine Voyage
The SAEF team has completed their first beam trawls off the coast of the Denman Glacier on the RSV Nuyina.3 Mar 2025
RSV Nuyina departs for the Denman Glacier on its first dedicated science voyage
It’s the first time scientists working with the Australian Antarctic Program have had the opportunity to study the Denman Glacier, in East Antarctica, from the sea. The Denman has retreated…10 Nov 2024
Cape Bird Project
In late 2023, SAEF scientists travelled to Cape Bird on Ross Island with Antarctica New Zealand. Cape Bird is the location of an Antarctica Specially Protected Area (ASPA) which contains…4 Nov 2024
SAEF’s 2024-2025 fieldwork season has begun!
SAEF’s Antarctic field season has commenced, with over 40 SAEF students and staff heading south on expeditions to Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Against the backdrop of another year of…
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