This week at Mawson

Three expeditioners at Byrd Head, a rocky headland southeast of the Colbeck Archipelago, west of Howard Bay on the Mawson Coast

This week we hear from our Senior Field Training Officer, Jason. Read more
Two expeditioners in the bar at Mawson clinking drinks in celebration

This proves Mawson loves sourdough Read more

Darryl holding a large steel stilson plumbing tool used when handing over the station from one team to the next

Part 2 of a plumber's story - Darryl's insights into station life Read more
Looking out ofthe observation deck of the Nuyina in the night. The searchlight is panning around the and there is a purple green aurora visible

The summer plumber at Mawson tells of his journey south and arrival on… Read more
Looking down a valley of snow, containing the emperor penguin colony, with rocky ridges down either side, and Taylor Glacier on the right hand side. Sea ice and icebergs in the distance

A trip to Colbeck to do science Read more
Stay, our guide dog mascot, beside a plaque at the head of a quiet bay where Mawson and his men stepped ashore on 18 February 1931 to claim this part of Antarctica on behalf of King George V, now named Proclamation Point

This week’s (tall) story about a trip out to the west of station Read more
David on a bicycle on the sea ice near a medium-sized iceberg

This week a routine (weekly) task with a different approach Read more
Female Weddell seal and pup on the sea ice at Mawson

A visit to a Russian plane and a visit by a Russian plane Read more
A large jade coloured iceberg trapped within the sea ice to the west of Mawson

This week some fantastic jade-berg shots from Station Mechanical… Read more
A wooden hut and apple refuge on the Macey Islands close to the Auster emperor penguin colony to the east of Mawson

This week Brocky talks about the end of winter and the summer to come. Read more
A woman sits in a camping chair near a Toyota troopcarrier with its soft top popped.

This week at Mawson, Bridget reminisces about her troopy Lainey and what… Read more

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