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Subscriber only If you are feeling stale in your career and are ready for the next challenge, Yeppoon electrician Aaron Munro urges you to follow in his footsteps by applying to work in Antarctica. After years working in the coal industry, Mr Munro was looking to change things up and step outside of the comfort zone, so he took the plunge and applied for the Australian Antarctic Program. I was looking for a change, having worked in various industrial environments and I found that the skills that I had picked up fit quite well with what the Australian Antarctic Division was looking for, Mr Munro said.
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The Australian Government is seeking expressions of interest for the construction of an aerodrome and runway capable of supporting year-round aviation access between Hobart and Antarctica.
Surveyors at the site of the proposed aerodrome in the Vestfold Hills near Davis research station Photo: Aron Gavin
The Australian Government is seeking expressions of interest for the construction of an aerodrome and runway capable of supporting year-round aviation access between Hobart and Antarctica.
In 2018, the Government announced its intention to construct a 2,700 metre paved runway near Australia’s Davis research station in East Antarctica, subject to environmental and other Government approvals.