• 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…
  • 30 Oct 2024

    Morozumi Range Biodiversity Project

    Through our partnership with the New Zealand Antarctic Science Platform, SAEF scientists Laura Phillips and Dr Richard Jones are heading to the Morozumi Mountains in Northern Victoria Land. The two…
  • 30 Oct 2024

    Antarctic Peninsula Expeditions

    This season, seven SAEF scientists and staff will journey to the Antarctic Peninsula to complete fieldwork and professional development. They will do so through partnerships with the UK Foreign, Commonwealth…
  • 26 Oct 2024

    SAEF Goes South: 2024-2025 Antarctic Field Season

    Discover the latest information about our 2024-25 Field Season
  • 26 Oct 2024

    Holtedahl Mountain Campaign

    Holtedahl Mountain Campaign December 2024 – January 2025 This season, a team of eight SAEF scientists and support personnel from Monash University and the University of Tasmania will travel to…
  • 26 Oct 2024

    Denman Terrestrial Campaign 2024/25

    Denman Terrestrial Campaign December 2024 – February 2025 This summer, SAEF will take part in the Australian Antarctic Program’s Denman Terrestrial Campaign, a major collaborative science campaign to study the…
  • 26 Oct 2024

    Denman Marine Voyage

    Denman Marine Voyage February – April 2025 The Australian Antarctic Program’s Denman Marine Voyage will take more than 60 scientists 60 degrees south for over 60 days to investigate the…
  • 6 May 2024

    Sounds, Sites and Sediment from the RV Polarstern

    Outside, the temperature is below zero, and there are spectacular, ever-changing views of ocean, sky, and ice, but Dr Mardi McNeil is ensconced in The Batcave. This lab at the…
  • 30 Apr 2024

    Researchers of the Lost Ice

    If it were an adventure film it might be called Researchers of the Lost Ice. Set against the backdrop of East Antarctica’s remote and mysterious Bunger Hills, scientists (including a…
  • 15 Apr 2024

    In Pursuit of Palaeodust on Chatham Island

    Atmospheric dust from Australia and New Zealand is a significant source of nutrients for the vast and remote region where the South Pacific and Southern Ocean meet. Here primary producers…