Icebreaker to Extract Macquarie Island Researchers Due to Bird Flu Fear
The Australian Antarctic Division (ADD) is preparing to dispatch its research vessel Nuyina to evacuate all the personnel…
Australia to withdraw staff from Macquarie Island due to ‘psychological risk’ of bird flu
The Australian Antarctic Division will launch a mission to extract personnel from Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean…
Operation Beluga — or how a Soviet ice breaker played music to thousands of ice-trapped whales to save them from starving
Credit: Library of Congress collection. The Soviet Union now belongs largely to memory and history books, and many…
US tracks Chinese icebreakers that visit Australian ports
Two Chinese polar research ships that make regular port visits in Australia have come under increased scrutiny by…
NYT Photographer on Antarctica Expedition Details His Extensive Camera Gear
Stock photo New York Times photographer Chang W. Lee is currently sailing on an icebreaker into Antarctica —…
Australia’s Antarctic icebreaker RSV Nuyina ‘makes contact with ocean floor’ near remote Heard Island
Australia’s icebreaker has been involved in an incident in which the ship’s hull “made contact with the ocean…