Events

Waikato masters student joins Aussies on ice

ICTAR member Josh Scarrow has accepted a position on a 5 month exhibition to the Australian Antarctic Dry valleys. Josh is currently doing a Masters at the University of Waikato and is no stranger to Antarctic work last season going down to the southern most soils on Earth in the Beardmore valleys of Antarctica. 

http://www.waikato.ac.nz/news-events/media/2011/09waikato-masters-student-joins-aussies-on-ice.shtml

Dry Valley researcher named Kudos finalist

Dr Charles Lee ICTAR scientist at the University of Waikato has been nominated as a finalist in the 2011 Kudos awards for his work in Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys. Currently leading a project supported by the Marsden Fund Charles focus is on the bacteria living in the Dry Valleys.

http://www.waikato.ac.nz/news-events/media/2011/09dry-valley-researcher-named-kudos-finalist.shtml

Ponds of Bratina Island no match for Waikato University student

Stephen Archer ICTAR member and PhD candidate at the University of Waikato has been awarded the Antarctica New Zealand Sir Robin Irvine Scholarship to study the ponds of Bratina Island, Antarctica. Continuing his masters work Stephen hopes to understand these systems and to develop protocols to assist in the environmental protection of them.

http://www.waikato.ac.nz/news-events/media/2011/08ponds-of-bratina-island-no-match-for-waikato-university-student.shtml

Waikato hosts annual Antarctic conference

The University of Waikato has just hosted the Antarctica New Zealand conference from the 4-6 July. Among the talks and social gatherings ICTAR was officially launched.

http://www.waikato.ac.nz/news-events/media/2011/07waikato-hosts-annual-antarctic-conference.shtml