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The first flight for the summer to Scott Base in Antarctica left Christchurch yesterday. Another flight left today and a third one will leave tomorrow with cargo. Aboard the planes are staff of the New Zealand Defence Force and the US Antarctic progr
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. This week, we tell about the highest honors for science and technology in the United States. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: On July twenty-seventh,
Tonight, an Olympic Gold Medal for the Womens Shot Put was presented to Valerie Adams in Auckland. She arrived back in New Zealand from overseas this morning. At the time of the shot put event in London, Valerie was placed second. However, a week lat
During the weekend, about 10,000 people visited the US air force Globemaster at Christchurch airport. The Antarctic summer season opened today and the Globemaster was ready to take scientists and maintenance staff to Scott Base and McMurdo Base. Scot
The annual New Zealand Music Awards were held tonight in Auckland. The popular singer-songwriter/guitarist, Kimbra, returned from Canada for the event. She had nominations in many categories and won five of these. She also won the most important awar
Last week was the final session for Parliament before the elections on November 8th. During the session last week, MPs who were retiring gave their farewell speeches. One well-known National MP, Katherine Rich, decided to retire from Parliament as sh
Prime Minister John Key and his wife flew to Antarctica last night (Friday) for a three-day trip. The plan was for a four-day trip, leaving on Thursday evening but the weather in Antarctica was a problem. So Thursday evening, John Key and his wife we
Todd: So Kate, if somebody had a month to spend in New Zealand where do you recommend they go and what do you recommend they do? Kate: Well most often you will fly into Auckland airport so you can start off in Auckland whch is a nice big city, howeve
The researchers will sail for Antarctica early next month, in an expedition funded by the Australian and New Zealand governments. The scientists hope their journey to the Southern Ocean will help to disprove Japan's claims that whales have to be kill
VOICE ONE: I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we travel south to one of the coldest, windiest and least populated places in the world, Antarctica. The word Antarctica comes from a Greek
This all black feathered king penguin could be one in a zillion. The video was recorded on a sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia by National Geographic Traveler magazine contributing editor Andrew Evans on his bus to Antarctic expedition. While man
New Zealands scientific base in the Antarctic, Scott Base, has now lost the sun. On Tuesday, the sun was up for 39 minutes then it set at 1.10pm. The team of 14 people who stay at Scott Base for the winter, will wait four months now until they see th
Todd: So Kate, if somebody had a month to spend in New Zealand where do you recommend they go and what do you recommend they do? Kate: Well most often you will fly into Auckland airport so you can start off in Auckland whch is a nice big city, howeve
A fishing boat with 42 men on board sank in cold Antarctic waters early this morning. Only 20 men were rescued, by another South Korean fishing boat. Five bodies were recovered. Another 17 men are missing. The boat was fishing for toothfish. This is
The trapped Chinese icebreaker Xuelong broke through the Antarctic's heavy ice floes on Tuesday and was headed for open water. The vessel, which had been conducting China's 30th Antarctic expedition before going to the aid of the stramded Russian shi
By Ron Corben Thai-Burma Border 13 February 2006 Burma's ethnic Karen, who have been fighting the central government for nearly six decades, remain defiant despite set backs and few resources. Moei Ri
Another fishing ship is in trouble in Antarctica, in the Ross Sea, 3,700km south of New Zealand. The ship is the Jeong Woo 2, a Korean ship. It had a crew of 40 men from different countries. They were fishing for toothfish. Fire broke out early this
The Norwegian sailor, Jarle Andhoy with three other men, sailed to the Antarctic illegally. One of the men is a New Zealander. They did not have permission from the Norwegian government or from New Zealand. They wanted to know what happened to the bo
Listen to August 3rd 2011 to hear more about the penguin Happy Feet. The Emperor Penguin, named Happy Feet, left the zoo last night. He is on board the ship, Tangaroa. This ship is used by scientists for studying plants and animals in the sea. It is
Antarctica 南极洲 Core values 核心价值 The southern continent hots up 南方大陆热闹起来了 ANTARCTICA is 2,700km away. Yet as the brief austral summer fades, for Hobart, the capital of the Australian state of Tasmania, it is big busines