Aurora Australis
Jun.03, 2008 in
Hobart Port and Waterfront
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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June 3rd, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Any reason for the color? It looks cool.
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Hi Jim, comes in that color so that it stands out against the ice
June 3rd, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Definitely an interesting ship. Here are some more links about her:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_Australis_(icebreaker)
June 4th, 2008 at 9:06 am
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.
June 5th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Elaine - i bet he wouldn’t recognise the place now
June 11th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
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