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class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">300 <span style="font-size:85%;">(as at 15 June 2022)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Minister responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Honourable" title="The Honourable">The Hon.</a> <a href="/wiki/Tanya_Plibersek" title="Tanya Plibersek">Tanya Plibersek</a> <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">MP</a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_Environment_and_Water_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for the Environment and Water (Australia)">Minister for the Environment and Water</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Agency executive</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Emma Campbell, Director of the Australian Antarctic Division</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent department</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Climate_Change,_Energy,_the_Environment_and_Water" title="Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water">Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.antarctica.gov.au">www<wbr />.antarctica<wbr />.gov<wbr />.au</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Australian Antarctic Division</b> (<b>AAD</b>) is a division of the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Climate_Change,_Energy,_the_Environment_and_Water" title="Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water">Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water</a>. The Division undertakes science programs and research projects to contribute to an understanding of <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Ocean" title="Southern Ocean">Southern Ocean</a>. It conducts and supports collaborative research programs with other Australian and international organisations, such as the <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Meteorology" title="Bureau of Meteorology">Bureau of Meteorology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Geoscience_Australia" title="Geoscience Australia">Geoscience Australia</a>, as well as administering and maintaining a presence in <a href="/wiki/Australian_Antarctic_Territory" title="Australian Antarctic Territory">Australian Antarctic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands" title="Heard Island and McDonald Islands">sub-Antarctic</a> territories. </p><p>Their website includes articles on the Antarctic wildlife, threats, guidelines and they have blogs written by Australians at the three Australian bases in <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mawson_Station" title="Mawson Station">Mawson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Davis_Station" title="Davis Station">Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Casey_Station" title="Casey Station">Casey</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charter">Charter</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Antarctic_Division&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Charter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under its charter the Australian Antarctic Division: </p> <ul><li>Administers the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Antarctic_Territory" title="Australian Antarctic Territory">Australian Antarctic Territory</a> and the Territory of <a href="/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands" title="Heard Island and McDonald Islands">Heard Island and McDonald Islands</a></li> <li>Conducts research in high priority areas of Antarctic science</li> <li>Coordinates and manages Australia's logistic program in Antarctica</li> <li>Promotes Antarctic research in universities through grants and the provision of logistic support</li> <li>Develops policy proposals and provides advice on Australia's Antarctic interests</li> <li>Promotes Australia's Antarctic interests within the <a href="/wiki/Antarctic_Treaty_System" title="Antarctic Treaty System">Antarctic Treaty System</a></li> <li>Maintains a continuing presence in the region through permanent stations, the establishment of field bases and the provision of transport, communication and medical services</li> <li>Acts as the primary source of Australian Antarctic information</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Australian_Antarctic_Program">Australian Antarctic Program</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Antarctic_Division&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Australian Antarctic Program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Australian Antarctic Division leads the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Antarctic_Program" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Antarctic Program">Australian Antarctic Program</a> (AAP) with four key goals: </p> <ul><li>Maintain the Antarctic Treaty System and enhance Australia's influence in it</li> <li>Protect the Antarctic environment</li> <li>Understand the role of Antarctica in the global climate system</li> <li>Undertake scientific work of practical, economic and national significance</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Research_stations">Research stations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Antarctic_Division&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Research stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MacquarieIslandIsthmus.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/MacquarieIslandIsthmus.JPG/220px-MacquarieIslandIsthmus.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/MacquarieIslandIsthmus.JPG/330px-MacquarieIslandIsthmus.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/MacquarieIslandIsthmus.JPG/440px-MacquarieIslandIsthmus.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1548" data-file-height="1043" /></a><figcaption>Macquarie Island station in 1996</figcaption></figure> <p>The AAD headquarters is in <a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Tasmania" title="Kingston, Tasmania">Kingston</a>, Tasmania, just south of <a href="/wiki/Hobart" title="Hobart">Hobart</a>. The division's headquarters houses laboratories for science, electronics and electron microscopy, mechanical and instrument workshops, a krill research aquarium, a herbarium, equipment stores, communications and other operational and support facilities. The Chief Scientist since 2021 has been Professor <a href="/wiki/Nicole_Webster" title="Nicole Webster">Nicole Webster</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The AAD maintains three permanently staffed stations on the Antarctic continent, and one on <a href="/wiki/Macquarie_Island" title="Macquarie Island">Macquarie Island</a> in the subantarctic.<sup id="cite_ref-aadsta_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aadsta-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Casey_Station" title="Casey Station">Casey Station</a> (including the seasonal camp at <a href="/wiki/Wilkins_Runway" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilkins Runway">Wilkins Runway</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davis_Station" title="Davis Station">Davis Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawson_Station" title="Mawson Station">Mawson Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macquarie_Island_Station" title="Macquarie Island Station">Macquarie Island Station</a></li></ul> <p>Remote <a href="/wiki/Antarctic_field_camps" title="Antarctic field camps">field bases</a> operate during the summer research season supporting coastal, inland and traverse operations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Antarctic_Division&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aurora_Australis_and_penguins.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Aurora_Australis_and_penguins.jpg/220px-Aurora_Australis_and_penguins.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Aurora_Australis_and_penguins.jpg/330px-Aurora_Australis_and_penguins.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Aurora_Australis_and_penguins.jpg/440px-Aurora_Australis_and_penguins.jpg 2x" data-file-width="792" data-file-height="594" /></a><figcaption>Researchers studying penguins while voyaging aboard the <i>Aurora Australis</i></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aviation">Aviation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Antarctic_Division&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Aviation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The AAD uses an air transport system, both for transport to and from Antarctica, and for transport within the continent. Aircraft for this system are provided and operated under contract by private sector operators. Services to and from Antarctica are provided, between November and February each year, by an <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A320_family" title="Airbus A320 family">Airbus A319-115LR</a> operated by <a href="/wiki/Skytraders" title="Skytraders">Skytraders</a>. This aircraft operates to and from the <a href="/wiki/Wilkins_Runway" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilkins Runway">Wilkins ice runway</a>, situated some 65 kilometres (40 mi) from Casey Station.<sup id="cite_ref-awnov10_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-awnov10-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aadair_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aadair-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Construction of a 2,700 m (8,900 ft) paved runway at Davis station was announced in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Services within Antarctica are provided by a mixture of <a href="/wiki/Fixed-wing_aircraft" title="Fixed-wing aircraft">fixed-wing aircraft</a> and <a href="/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter">helicopters</a>. Fixed-wing services are provided by <a href="/wiki/Basler_BT-67" title="Basler BT-67">Basler BT-67</a> and <a href="/wiki/DHC-6_Twin_Otter" class="mw-redirect" title="DHC-6 Twin Otter">DHC-6 Twin Otter</a> aircraft operated by <a href="/wiki/Kenn_Borek_Air" title="Kenn Borek Air">Kenn Borek Air</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aadairint_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aadairint-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These aircraft operate from Wilkins runway and from smaller snow runways at each of the three permanent stations, as well as any field locations which provide the necessary flat area of snow or ice. </p><p>Helicopter services are provided by three <a href="/wiki/Eurocopter_AS350" class="mw-redirect" title="Eurocopter AS350">Eurocopter AS 350 BA Squirrel</a> helicopters, operated by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Helicopter_Resources&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Helicopter Resources (page does not exist)">Helicopter Resources</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-awnov10_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-awnov10-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aadairint_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aadairint-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, AAD helicopter pilot David Wood died by falling into a crevasse while unloading sling cargo near Davis Station.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following legal proceedings, the Court of the Australian Capital Territory found the AAD guilty of failing to comply with its duty to ensure the health and safety of workers.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Antarctic_Flight_RAAF" title="Antarctic Flight RAAF">Antarctic Flight RAAF</a> operated from 1948 to 1963. Since its withdrawal, aircraft from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a> operated infrequently in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands in the 1970s and 1980s,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1991110–114_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1991110–114-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2016, RAAF <a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III" title="Boeing C-17 Globemaster III">C-17A Globemasters</a> operate as required to carry high priority or oversize cargo that cannot be carried by the A319.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through "Operation Southern Discovery", elements of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force" title="Australian Defence Force">Australian Defence Force</a> are tasked to provide annual support for the Australian Antarctic Division and the Australian Antarctic Program (AAP) in regional scientific, environmental and economic activities.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shipping">Shipping</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Antarctic_Division&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Shipping"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The AAD uses the icebreaker <a href="/wiki/RSV_Nuyina" title="RSV Nuyina">RSV <i>Nuyina</i></a>, an <a href="/wiki/Icebreaker" title="Icebreaker">icebreaking</a> <a href="/wiki/Research_vessel" title="Research vessel">research and supply vessel</a>. Construction commenced in May 2017 at <a href="/wiki/Damen_Shipyards" class="mw-redirect" title="Damen Shipyards">Damen Shipyards</a> in <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The vessel was then fitted out at <a href="/wiki/Vlissingen" title="Vlissingen">Vlissingen</a> in the Netherlands and handed over on 19 August 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Nuyina</i> is owned by the Australian Government, and operated by Serco.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Nuyina</i> was built to replace RSV <i><a href="/wiki/Aurora_Australis_(icebreaker)" title="Aurora Australis (icebreaker)">Aurora Australis</a></i>, a multi-purpose marine research and resupply ship chartered from <a href="/wiki/Peninsular_and_Oriental_Steam_Navigation_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company">P&O Polar</a>. <i>Aurora Australis</i> was launched in 1989 and built by <a href="/wiki/Forgacs_Shipyard" title="Forgacs Shipyard">Carrington Slipways</a> in <a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_New_South_Wales" title="Newcastle, New South Wales">Newcastle, New South Wales</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-aadauraus_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aadauraus-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and decommissioned in March 2020. </p><p>Due to mechanical problems, <i>Nuyina</i> was unable to be used during the 2022-23 Antarctic season and other chartered vessels were used instead,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including MPOV <i><a href="/wiki/Aiviq" title="Aiviq">Aiviq</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the ice-strengthened cargo ship MV <i>Happy Diamond</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dog_sleds">Dog sleds</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Antarctic_Division&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Dog sleds"><span>edit</span></a><span 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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The older dogs were retired to Australia, often living with former Antarctic workers.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Territorial_administration">Territorial administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Antarctic_Division&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Territorial administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The AAD is responsible, on behalf of the Australian Government, for administering the two Australian federal territories that lie in Antarctic or sub-Antarctic latitudes: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Antarctic_Territory" title="Australian Antarctic Territory">Australian Antarctic Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands" title="Heard Island and McDonald Islands">Heard Island and McDonald Islands</a></li></ul> <p>The AAD maintains a base on <a href="/wiki/Macquarie_Island" title="Macquarie Island">Macquarie Island</a> which is part of the Australian state of <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Antarctic_Division&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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