Have you ever wondered what it might be like to spend time on the worlds coldest continent? The Australian Antarctic Division is part of the Australian Government’s Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. The Division, based in Kingston, Tasmania, leads and coordinates and delivers the Australian Antarctic Program. All Australian Antarctic expeditioners are trained and equipped at the Division before heading south to Antarctica or sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island. There are 300 full time staff at the Division undertaking operational, medical, science, policy and support functions.

For Circular Head’s Zack Mitchell, wonder no more. Mitchell has recently returned to the region after a 12-month stint deep in the southern hemisphere all thanks to the Australian Antarctic Program.

Read more about Zack's adventures in the Chronicle, December 7 edition.