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We're finally in Antarctic waters, tearing a path through an ice field
Up close, the cracks in an iceberg shine with an electric blue light. Later, when we take boats in among the ice floes, we encounter inquisitive Adelie penguins and a crabeater seal lazing in the sun
- Antarctica bound: work and play on a research vessel – in pictures
- Day five: here may be monsters
- Day four: passing Macquarie Island, 'an untouched treasure'
- Day three: I'm learning to live in a world where everything is in contant motion
- Day two: plastic fishing in the Southern Ocean
- Day one: fifteen landlubbers laid low by sea sickness as expedition gets under way
- Antarctica live - homepage
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Scientists re-trace steps of great Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson
Geologist almost lost his life mapping unknown Antarctic regions in 'the Edwardian equivalent of space travel'
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Giant leap for China as moon probe lands safely in Bay of Rainbows
The unmanned Chang'e lander, with its six-wheeled rover Jade Rabbit, is the first to make a soft landing on the moon since 1976
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Science Weekly podcast: everything you need to know about nothing
Audio (33min 03sec) Kevin Fong talks to New Scientist editor-in-chief Jeremy Webb about the surprisingly eventful story of 'nothing'
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GuardianWitness science award: make a film about the science you love
What one piece of science do you wish everyone knew? Make a short film about your favourite bit of scientific knowledge and you could win the GuardianWitness Science award – and an iPad Air