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Geoscience Australia welcomes new Antarctic icebreaker

Geoscience Australia welcomes the Government's investment in a new world-leading Antarctic icebreaker for Australia.

High resolution bathymetry data
obtained in the relatively shallow
waters around Casey station, Antarctica.

Geoscience Australia welcomes the Government's investment in a new world-leading Antarctic icebreaker for Australia.

Equipped with world-class technology, the new icebreaker will greatly enhance Australia's sea floor mapping capability — enabling Geoscience Australia and its partners to develop a greater understanding of Antarctic geoscience.

The new icebreaker is the single biggest investment in the history of Australia's Antarctic programme and will be essential for Australia to support a world-class science programme in Antarctica into the future.

For more information about the announcement, please see the media release from the Assistant Minister for Science Karen Andrews.

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