Scientists voice funding concerns for the Antarctic Division

10/05/23 • 6 min

"It's dead easy to die; it's the keeping on living that's hard."

Those words in Robert Service's poem, The Quitter, was often quoted by Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson and it's perhaps a poignant comment for the Australian Antarctic Division at the moment, following revelations it's pursuing cuts worth roughly 16 per cent of its operating budget.

"It's dead easy to die; it's the keeping on living that's hard."

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