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31 Dec 2018
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Top places for a New Years Eve aurora break

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Forget the fireworks at New Year. Instead, head north for a different kind of spectacular light show! Here are our top picks for a European New Years Eve getaway.

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13 Sep 2018
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What does my cocktail have in common with glaciology?

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Interesting cocktail with a giant ball of ice! Credit: Davina Bristow.

Whilst on holiday I was served a rather cool cocktail with a giant ice cube plugging a hole between the upper and lower chambers of the glass. What happened?

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22 Mar 2018
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How meeting the Queen inspired me to climb Mount Everest

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This year I’m climbing Mount Everest. I feel so lucky to have this opportunity to do something so incredible, and I owe it all to Henry Day, the Mount Everest Foundation and the Queen! Here’s why…

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15 Mar 2018
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Best place and time to see the aurora?

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What is the best place and time to see the aurora?
I get asked this question a lot, and there’s no simple answer. But in what follows I give you some things to think about.

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12 Jan 2018
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Aboriginal Sky Stories

Sticky Post By On January 12, 2018

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Big Warrambool - the Milky Way in Aboriginal culture.

Would it be possible to see the aurora during a solar eclipse? And has it happened in the past? The answer is maybe. It’s not impossible, but it would be a very rare occurrence.

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