Research in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean is a critical component in what will be a climatically different future for us all. Some of the biggest unanswered questions in global climate change can only be answered through research in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.

Our partner organisations and supporters provide us with valuable ship time for us to gather critical data we need, and ACE CRC has been part of key voyages with international partners in some of the world's largest research programs into the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.

Voyage Highlights

2008

• Climate of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean (CASO)

• Collaborative East Antarctic Marine Census (CEAMARC)

2007

•  Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem experiment (SIPEX)

2006

•  Sub-Antarctic Zone: Sensitivity to Environmental Change (SAZ-SENSE)

•  Baseline Research on Oceanography, Krill and the Environment (BROKE) West

2005

•  Kerguelen: Compared Study of the Ocean and the Plateau in Surface Water (KEOPS)