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Australian Army chef Corporal Jack Bromhead will put his skills to work cooking for expeditioners on Macquarie Island for five months. Story by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton. Photo by Leading Seaman Kieran Dempsey.

Chef to get creative in the cold

10/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 713 Views 0 Comments ADF School of Catering, Australian Antarctic Division

Swapping mess halls for a freezing sub-Antarctic research station, one Army chef will spend five months cooking for expeditioners on

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Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Nearmy removes Australian Antarctic Division cargo from a C-17A Globemaster III at Hobart International Airport, Tasmania. Story by Captain Karam Louli. Photos by Corporal Lisa Sherman.

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Cool lift for ice cores

29/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1276 Views 1 Comment Australian Antarctic Division, C-17A Globemaster III, Casey Station, No. 29 Squadron, No. 36 Squadron, Operation Southern Discovery

A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) C-17A Globemaster safely transported the first ice cores of the Australian Antarctic Division’s (AAD)

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'AIVIQ' providing a fuel resupply to Casey Station, Antarctica. Story by Flight Lieutenant Suellen Heath. All photos by Major Cameron Elston.

Antarctic adventure for Army loggie

15/02/202319/02/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1606 Views 0 Comments Australian Antarctic Division, Operation Southern Discovery

A career in logistics and resupply planning paved the way for an Army officer to lead a team of expeditioners

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36 Squadron loadmasters Corporal Shaun Harding, left, and Flight Sergeant Rick Haslewood launch essential supplies from a C-17A Globemaster over Casey Station, Antarctica. Story by Flight Lieutenant Suellen Heath. Photo by Corporal Kylie Gibson.

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Great Southern supply airdrop

19/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2624 Views 1 Comment Australian Antarctic Division, C-17A Globemaster III, Casey Station, No. 36 Squadron, Operation Southern Discovery

Eagerly awaiting personnel at Casey Station, Antarctica, got excited when they saw two containers falling from a C-17A Globemaster III

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Plant Foreman Australian Army soldier Corporal Greg McKenzie from 6th Engineer Support Regiment during Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Program 2022 at Gapuwiyak, in the Northern Territory. Story by Captain Evita Ryan. Photo by Corporal Petersen.

Digging AACAP at Gapuwiyak

01/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1132 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, AACAP, Army Reserve, Australian Antarctic Division

At 63, 6th Engineer Support Regiment plant foreman Corporal Greg McKenzie has experienced a wide variety of careers encompassing supermarket

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An Air Force C-17A Globemaster III from No. 36 Squadron delivers a drill rig to to Wilkins Aerodrome in Antarctica as part of Operation Southern Discovery. Story by Eamon Hamilton.

News Royal Australian Air Force

Special delivery crucial to climate research

10/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1827 Views 0 Comments Australian Antarctic Division, C-17A Globemaster III, No. 36 Squadron, Operation Southern Discovery

An early Christmas present has been delivered to Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) scientists by an Air Force C-17A Globemaster III.

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The partially completed RSV Nuyina, Australia's replacement icebreaker, is floated at the Damen Shipyards in Galati, Romania. Serco photo.

Australian News Science & Technology

New Australian icebreaker floated

24/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3995 Views 0 Comments Australian Antarctic Division, RSV Nuyina

Australia’s new icebreaker was floated at a shipyard in Romania this week, taking two days to fill the dry dock where

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