Antarctica

The latest update from TAN2502 Ross Sea RV Tangaroa “ACTUATE” Voyage

The latest update from TAN2502 Ross Sea RV Tangaroa “ACTUATE” Voyage

The latest update from TAN2502 Ross Sea RV Tangaroa “ACTUATE” Voyage

The latest update from TAN2502 Ross Sea RV Tangaroa “ACTUATE” Voyage

The latest update from TAN2502 Ross Sea RV Tangaroa “ACTUATE” Voyage

RV Tangaroa voyage to the Ross Sea, the ship’s 16th voyage to Antarctica and Southern Ocean.

Antarctica is probably storing much more carbon than previously thought, according to NIWA.

In 2016, NIWA technician Rod Budd is doing a routine dive under the Antarctic ice at Cape Evans, studying the creatures that live there.

Earlier this month, NIWA welcomed the Auckland University of Technology ‘Squid Squad’ – a team of scientists from the Lab for Cephalopod Ecology and Systematics – to unbox and categorise cephalopod species taken from voyages around the country.

This icy continent plays a big part in our global climate and, in turn, is directly affected by changes to the global climate – making Antarctica and the climate inextricably linked.

In 2023, RV Tangaroa undertook a 45-day voyage to the Southern Ocean and Ross Sea (TAN2301) between January 11 and February 24, 2023.

Scientists from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) have returned from a six-week voyage to Antarctica.