Media dissemination
Outreach & expedition stories
Diaries from the field, photographs, documentary films and infographics that translate polar science for everyone.
Expedition diaries
8 Jan 2026
Crossing the Antarctic Circle
Dr. A. Rane • 43rd ISEA
Twenty-two days at sea, and the first tabular iceberg appears at 66°S. The team begins hourly bird and mammal counts from the bridge.
21 Jun 2026
Winter darkness at Maitri
S. Kulkarni • Station engineer
Midwinter day. Diesel generators, greenhouse lettuce and a nine-person crew keeping every instrument alive through the polar night.
14 May 2026
Drilling the Chandra basin
Dr. M. Thomas • Himansh
Stake networks re-surveyed at 4,900 m. Melt streams are running two weeks earlier than the decadal average.
Photo gallery
Placeholder frames — station photographers upload approved images here.
Films & documentaries
Life at Maitri: a year in the ice
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Himansh — measuring a shrinking glacier
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Infographics
Sea-ice extent explained
How Antarctic sea ice grows and retreats each year.
Anatomy of an ice core
What 1,000 years of trapped air can tell us.
Polar food web
From phytoplankton to leopard seals.
Life at −40 °C
Keeping a station running through winter.