Grice was confident Antarctica New Zealand could deliver a fit-for-purpose and redeveloped Scott Base within the current budget.

Each deployment takes him to Scott Base, New Zealand's only research ... "Walking towards the light inside an ice cave in Antarctica," with a hint of the play of natural light reflecting off ...

which appointed him to command the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1904. The expedition - which included Ernest Shackleton - reached further south than anyone before them and Scott returned ...