Scott Base is a research facility located in Antarctica and operated by New Zealand. It was named after Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Royal Navy, leader of two British expeditions to the Ross Sea area of Antarctica. Located on Ross Island near Mount Erebus in the Ross Dependency, it is New Zealand's only base in Antarctica. It was set up as support for field research and the centre for research into earth sciences, but now conducts research in many fields.
Scott Base participates in ANDRILL, investigating Antarctica's impact on global ocean currents and climate over the past 65 million years, by retrieving ice and rock samples representing ancient geologic time. Scott Base is administered by Antarctica New Zealand, as part of their efforts to "support scientific research, conserve the intrinsic values of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, and raise public awareness of the international significance of the continent."
New Zealand also co-operates with the US Operation Deep Freeze which uses Christchurch International Airport as a staging point for McMurdo Station. (Full article...)