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Hazard Communication Standard

The study by the Antarctic Division (AAD) and the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency, found that 80 percent of the subjects received excess solar ultra violet radiation, and 31 percent received more than five times a limit.

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Australian ice runway in the Antarctica suitable for jets

Jet service between Australia and the Antarctica has become a reality thanks to a runway carved out of ice and paved with snow. The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) is conducting weekly flights between Hobart, the capital of the Australian island state of Tasmania, and the frigid continent using an Airbus A319 jetliner.

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Report: Antarctic Ice Growing, Not Shrinking

Australian Antarctic Division glaciology program head Ian Allison said sea ice losses in west Antarctica over the past 30 years had been more than offset by increases in the Ross Sea region, just one sector of east Antarctica.

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A view to a Krill

Krill Cam - video at the Australian Antarctic Division

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Swiss marine researcher moving in for the krill

THOMAS Berli hopes to spend at least part of this summer aboard Antarctic icebreaker and supply ship RSV Aurora Australis, fishing for krill to replenish tanks he is using for his masters degree investigations.In theory the University of Tasmania student could sit tight in the Australian Antarctic Division's laboratories in Kingston, south of

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"An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind."

by Albert Schweitzer

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