How do space and Antarctic research link together?
2.16 There are some synergies between space research and Antarctic research. The Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts commented how Antarctic facilities could assist in space science: For six decades Australia has conducted a program of scientific research in east Antarctica and much of it has been in the fields of physics of the atmosphere above the stratosphere, and beyond it into space.[13] 2.17 They also referred to how space science can assist work in Antarctica: …knowledge about the ice sheet overlying Antarctica, and the continent’s fringing sea ice is sketchy…undertaking the research needed into these aspects of the globe will require…increasingly, remote sensing from space.[14] 2.18 They drew attention to how satellite information could be improved for this purpose: Many existing satellites are not designed to view the South Pole and are only observing small swathes of the continent as they pass on their way to the
