Safety & Communication
Safety and communications equipment are vital in Antarctic research. Having the right gear available can make all the difference in a bad situation. From emergency survival gear and global positioning systems to radio and satellite phone communications, click here to find out what the nzTABS team are equipped with for their missions into the field.

Gear Antarctica New Zealand and United States Antarctica Program (USAP) maintain a number of permanent Refuge Huts and emergency caches located... more GPS Global Positioning Systems (GPS) are important to carrying out research in the Dry Valleys as they provide a means of both navigating the remote valleys and... more HF Radio High Frequency (HF) radio units utilize radio frequencies between 3 and 30 MHz, which means the wavelengths are quite long (10 to 100 meters) and are readily... more ISP The nzTABS field expeditions required tremendous coordination and organisation. Good communication between teams, both in the field and... more VHF Radio The Very High Frequency (VHF) radio units used by Antarctica New Zealand are very similar to the handheld radios equipped on recreational... more