Aurora Australis

June 3, 2008 by Greg
Filed under: Hobart Port and Waterfront 

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The Aurora Australis docked in Hobart. It is an Icebreaker and is used as the Antartic supply ship for Australia’s research stations in the antartic territory. Normally it is docked for six months of the year during the antartic winter. Hobart is also used by the French as their home port for the French antartic resupply ship.

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8 Comments on Aurora Australis

  1. Jim K on Tue, 3rd Jun 2008 9:11 pm

    2. Any reason for the color? It looks cool.

  2. Greg on Tue, 3rd Jun 2008 9:35 pm

    3. Hi Jim, comes in that color so that it stands out against the ice

  3. Kurt from Brooklyn on Tue, 3rd Jun 2008 11:31 pm

    4. Definitely an interesting ship. Here are some more links about her:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_Australis_(icebreaker)

  4. Elaine on Wed, 4th Jun 2008 9:06 am

    5. That’s such a striking image. I can just imagine that red in a sea of white. One of my great grandfathers was captain of a merchant ship, and one of his stops was Tasmania, more than a hundred years ago.

  5. Greg on Thu, 5th Jun 2008 9:21 pm

    6. Elaine – i bet he wouldn’t recognise the place now :-)

  6. Night Time Aurora - Hobart Daily on Wed, 11th Jun 2008 6:41 pm

    7. [...] shot of Aurora Australis, this time at [...]

  7. Myles on Thu, 2nd Oct 2008 8:31 pm

    8. What colour is the Aurora Australis? Me and my dad are having an argument, he thinks that it is orange and i think its red… can you help me?

  8. Greg on Thu, 2nd Oct 2008 8:47 pm

    9. Myles – sorry, i agree with your dad that it is Orange. A red shade of orange i grant you but orange none the less

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