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Aurora Australis was decommissioned in 2020, amid attempts to retain the vessel in Hobart as a floating museum. [24] Although these efforts were unsuccessful, the ship's tender, Aurora Australis II, was acquired by the Aurora Australis Foundation with the aim of making it the centrepiece of an Australian Antarctic Museum. [25]
In May 2011 the Australian Government chartered the civilian icebreaker Aurora Australis for two months to provide an amphibious capability while Tobruk was undergoing maintenance. [10] In 2012, the Australian Government purchased the ADV Ocean Shield to provide the RAN with a third ship for humanitarian and disaster relief tasks.
Aurora Australis was launched in 1989 and built by Carrington Slipways in Newcastle, New South Wales, [17] and decommissioned in March 2020. Due to mechanical problems, Nuyina was unable to be used during the 2022-23 Antarctic season and other chartered vessels were used instead, [18] [19] including MPOV Aiviq [20] and the ice-strengthened ...
A photographer in Evandale, Tasmania, captured a dazzling night sky on Sunday, February 7. In timelapse footage by Ben Swanson, the aurora australis and clouds flicker against a rotating backdrop ...
The aurora australis is the southern counterpart of the aurora borealis. Aurora Australis may also refer to: Aurora Australis, a book written, printed, illustrated, and bound in the Antarctic; Aurora Australis, an Australian ship "Aurora Australis", a song by the 3rd and the Mortal from the album Painting on Glass
The solar storms are also responsible for generating auroras that dance around Earth’s poles, known as the northern lights, or aurora borealis, and southern lights, or aurora australis.
This is a list of icebreakers and other special icebreaking vessels (except cargo ships and tankers) capable of operating independently in ice-covered waters. Ships known to be in service are presented in bold .
Aurora Expeditions is launching a new slate of small-ship cruises to the Atlantic Coast, Mediterranean, Southeast Asia in 2026.