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Highest ice dome on the Antarctic Plateau best place to view stars
A chilly, but superb place to observe stars.
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Adventure
Western Faces: The film that reveals Australia’s epic backcountry skiing
Australian mountaineer Tim Macartney-Snape, free-skier Anna Segal and Freeride World Tour rookie Michaela Davis-Meehan, are set to explore some of the steepest faces in their backyard inthe film, Western Faces. With New Zealand free-skiers Fraser McDougall and Hank Bilous along for the ride, they’re slogging deep into the Snowy Mountains backcountry to find free-ride terrain that will have their Kiwi counterparts doing a double-take.
History & Culture
Snapshot: Skating on very thin ice
Although winter temperatures in Australia are not usually low enough to freeze our lakes and rivers, this certainly hasn’t stopped us getting our skates on.
News
Hidden realms: the tinier marine creatures of Australia’s coral reefs
Come closer to the coral reef ecosystem and witness the tiny and complex communities living within.
News
The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is back, and better than ever!
Don’t miss out on this epic armchair adventure!
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Shortlisted images: 2020 Australian Geographic nature photography awards
These are the official shortlisted images for the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year awards for 2020.
News
Newly discovered weather records back to 1838 reveal snow is falling less often
Scientists have pieced together weather records back to 1838, creating the longest analysis of daily temperature extremes.
History & Culture
An ancient Aboriginal site was blasted away by a mining company. Here’s why that was allowed
The history of large developments destroying Indigenous heritage sites is, tragically, long.
AG Society News
Sophie Matterson named the recipient of Nancy-Bird Walton sponsorship
Sophie Matterson won the sponsorship for her Coast to Coast project, a 5000km camel journey across Australia.
News
Last known footage of the now extinct thylacine rediscovered – video
Footage of the last known moving images of the now extinct thylacine has been uncovered. Shot in 1935 for the travelogue Tasmania the Wonderland, the clip shows Benjamin, the last known surviving thylacine at a Hobart Zoo, who died 18 months after the footage was captured. Previously, footage of Benjamin shot in 1933 was believed to be the final moving images of a living thylacine.