Tag: Hobart

Was a deckhand during Antarctic shipwreck: 30 years later he helped replace it

Rasmus Nygaard was a deckhand on the MV Nella Dan as it made it to Antarctica in 1987. Photo: Henrik Hartlev Jeppesen

Ole Ellekrog

Rasmus Nygaard was aboard the MV Nella Dan when it ran aground by Macquarie Island in 1987.

Urgent call for more research in the Southern Ocean

Julia Hager

The first international symposium on the Southern Ocean Observing System, held last week in Hobart, Australia, ended with an urgent call to significantly expand research in the Southern Ocean.

Icebreaker "RSV Nuyina" en route to Hobart

Heiner Kubny

Australia's new icebreaker "RSV Nuyina" left the shipyard on August 31, 2021 and began its 24,000 km journey home. She is expected in Hobart at the end of October.