4.2K views · 249 reactions | Australian Antarctic expeditioners are living in the twilight zone after the last sunset on the icy continent for weeks. Yesterday Davis research station farewelled the winter sun as it dipped below the horizon, not to rise again until 10 July. Read more at www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2019/icy-twilight-zone | Australian Antarctic Program | Facebook

Antarctica is the closest you can get to space without leaving Earth. It’s an isolated, confined and extreme environment where Antarctic expeditioners live remotely for nine months of the year. Australian Antarctic Program doctors have been looking after the health and well-being of expeditioners at our stations for decades. These highly specialised remote medicine skills can inform space agencies as they plan future missions to the Moon or Mars. Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the first Moon l

20K views · 535 reactions | Substantial Antarctic Ozone Hole in 2021...