It’s all go for our 2025/26 season! The Antarctica New Zealand traverse arrived at Crary Ice Rise (CIR; site 5072_2) on Friday 21 November, after a 13-day, 1100km journey over across the Ross Ice Shelf. The convoy of PistenBully polar vehicles towed equipment and supplies for the season, including 27-30 tonnes of drilling and science equipment, and 3.5 tonnes of food.

The six team members are now busy building the camp and preparing a skiway in the snow so that our drill and science team can fly in on ski planes. Our drill team have arrived at Scott Base, have completed field training and kit out, and will head out to CIR when weather permits.