Communications
Mail en route to the ship Photo: AAD |
There are a number of communications services that assist expeditioners to maintain contact with family and friends.
Depending on your location, you may have access to the following services: Australia Post mail during the summer shipping season, email, telephone and facsimile.
If you are working at Davis, Mawson, Casey or Macquarie Island stations, you will have access to more facilities than an expeditioner who is working at a remote field camp or is travelling to or from Antarctica.
The booklet Communicating with Antarctica (Chapter 12 in the Expeditioner Handbook) is essential reading for you and your family before departure. This publication includes important information on:
- ways of communicating
- Australia Post
- the ANARESAT satellite telephone system in Antarctica
- station computer networks, including what sort of computer to take
- email
- communicating with chartered ships
- time differences
Mail closing dates for each voyage may vary during the season and are updated on the internet.
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