AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH SHIP BOOSTS POLAR PRESENCE

Australia’s new icebreaking research ship on arrival in Vlissingen from her Romanian yard of build. (credit: Damen).

Australia has bolstered and extended its capability for scientific research and exploration in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean through investment in the 160m Nuyina, now being readied for her first polar season, writes David Tinsley.

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