Tag: Icebreaker ‘Aurora Australis’

• Friday, February 26th 2016 - 07:19 UTC

  Australian icebreaker stranded in Antarctica next to Mawson Station

  

  Freezing winds are continuing to hamper the rescue of 68 people from an Australian icebreaker ship stranded in Antarctica. Aurora Australis was on a supply mission to Mawson Station when it broke its mooring and ran aground in Horseshoe Harbour on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2015 - 07:18 UTC

  Australia announces construction of new icebreaker and more funds for Antarctic research

  

  The Australian government has provided the first look at Australia's new icebreaker, a ship it says will offer scientists unprecedented and extended access to the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.

• Tuesday, January 27th 2015 - 07:21 UTC

  Largest glacier in East Antarctica melting fast because of warm ocean water

  

  The largest glacier in East Antarctica, containing ice equivalent to a six-meter rise in global sea levels, is melting due to warm ocean water, Australian scientists said on Monday.

• Sunday, January 5th 2014 - 14:41 UTC

  US icebreaker sent to Antarctica to rescue Chinese and Russian trapped vessels

  

  A U.S. Coast Guard heavy icebreaker left Australia for Antarctica on Sunday to rescue more than 120 crew members aboard two icebreakers trapped in pack ice near the frozen continent’s eastern edge, officials said. The 122-meter cutter, the Polar Star, is responding to a Jan. 3 request from Australia, Russia and China to assist the Russian and Chinese ships.

• Friday, January 3rd 2014 - 14:43 UTC

  Chinese icebreaker trapped in Antarctica after rescuing passengers from Russian vessel

  

  The Chinese icebreaker that helped rescue 52 passengers from a Russian ship stranded in Antarctic ice found itself stuck in heavy ice, further complicating the 9-day “roller-coaster” rescue operation. “Snow Dragon” (Xue Long) had ferried the passengers from the stranded Russian ship to an Australian icebreaker late on Thursday.

• Thursday, January 2nd 2014 - 15:49 UTC

  Chinese helicopter rescues stranded passengers from Russian vessel trapped in Antarctic ice

  

  A Chinese helicopter reached on Thursday a Russian ship stranded in Antarctica for nine days to pick up 52 passengers who spent Christmas and the New Year trapped in ice, the expedition leader has said.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 20:51 UTC

  Australian icebreaker ‘Aurora Australis’ caught in packed Antarctic ice

  

  The Australian icebreaker Aurora Australis is stuck in ice 80 nautical miles from the Antarctic coast. The vessel is heading to the frozen continent with 50 scientists from around the world to study the relationship between sea ice and marine life.