First issued: 6 December 2024
The Bureau in Antarctica
The Bureau's work in Antarctica supports the scientific work of the Australian Antarctic Program. It also contributes to weather, marine and space weather information for Australia.
There are Bureau people at Mawson, Casey and Davis stations, and at subantarctic Macquarie Island. Some of them are meteorologists but more are technical officers.
To find out about the technical officer role and what it's like to work in Antarctica we spoke to Alana-Jayne Moore and Albert Petersen. Alana-Jayne worked at Macquarie Island (2020-21) and Mawson station (2022-23) - and is at Macquarie Island in 2025-26. Albert worked at Mawson station in 2023-24.
We're recruiting our next crew of technical officers for Antarctica and Macquarie Island. You can
