Ice to be back:Freo arrival on fire-struck ship marks end to pandemic isolation for Antarctic crew
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Ice to be back:Freo arrival on fire-struck ship marks end to pandemic isolation for Antarctic crew

David Knoff has survived an extended expedition to Antarctica and a fire at sea but setting foot in Fremantle this week he says he is just worried about whether he will get shouted down at the supermarket for not being familiar with COVID-19 protocols.

  • byPeter de Kruijff

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Breathtaking view of Southern Lights captured above the clouds
Air travel

Breathtaking view of Southern Lights captured above the clouds

On Friday night,this photographer witnessed curtains of green and red dance across the heavens as the particles interacted with gases at an altitude of about 100 kilometres.

  • byNick Moir
Iceberg larger than New York City breaks off the Brunt ice shelf
Extreme weather

Iceberg larger than New York City breaks off the Brunt ice shelf

It follows the expansion of a large crack in the floating ice during the past decade.

  • byAndrew Freedman
Australian scientists sound alarm on ecosystem collapse
Biodiversity

Australian scientists sound alarm on ecosystem collapse

Eminent scientists,from 29 universities and organisations,say they have observed signs of Australian ecosystem decline and collapse all over the country.

  • byMiki Perkins
‘Scalpel please,chef’ at Australia’s Antarctic operating theatres
Healthcare

‘Scalpel please,chef’ at Australia’s Antarctic operating theatres

Doctors on duty at the remotest place on earth are on their own so it’s a good job the chef,boilermaker,plumber and carpenter have been trained in operating theatre procedures.

  • byTim Barlass
Things may just happen but you can't argue with mother
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Column 8

Things may just happen but you can't argue with mother

The appendix continues to be troublesome.

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'What does WAP mean?':The pop culture questions we asked in 2020
Pop culture

'What does WAP mean?':The pop culture questions we asked in 2020

The year's top-trending entertainment-related Google searches show we had more pressing concerns than a global pandemic.

  • byRobert Moran
Another swab story
Opinion
Column 8

Another swab story

Turning a negative into a negative.

From the Archives,1959:Australia's Mawson polar base struck by hurricane
Flashback

From the Archives,1959:Australia's Mawson polar base struck by hurricane

In 1959,a 120m.p.h. hurricane battered Australia's Polar base at Mawson. Two Beaver aircraft,valued at £100,000,were destroyed when the hurricane struck the icefield airstrip where they were moored,disrupting the bases planned scientific research and coastal exploration.

  • byStaff Writers
World's biggest iceberg on collision course with penguin island
Oceania

World's biggest iceberg on collision course with penguin island

Scientists fear the massive berg the size of Jamaica will crush South Georgia's food chain in a slow-motion environmental disaster.

  • byCassandra Garrison
Demand high for seats on board Antarctica Sightseeing charter flights on Qantas Dreamliner 787
Inspiration

Demand high for seats on board Antarctica Sightseeing charter flights on Qantas Dreamliner 787

When Captain Lisa Norman takes command in the cockpit next month she will truly put the “dream” in “Dreamliner”,becoming the first female pilot to captain a commercial passenger flight to Antarctica aboard the revolutionary Boeing 787.

  • byAnthony Dennis