by Ocean Expeditions | Jun 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Science to help steer policy for marine protected areas in Antarctica Five years ago, at a conference in Barcelona, the seed was planted for an expedition to explore the number of species types in the West Antarctic Peninsula operating from our research vessel ‘R/V...
by Ocean Expeditions | Jun 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Ocean Expeditions facilitates scientific expedition and rare-sighting of Type D Killer Whales off Cape Horn, Southern Chile In January, Ocean Expeditions hosted a group of international whale research scientists onboard research vessel ‘R/V Australis’ in search of...
by Ocean Expeditions | Jun 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
It is not often you come across a Russian Orthodox Priest with a spirit for extreme adventure and a passion for testing the limits of human endurance. In May 2019, ‘Australis’ was fortunate to be the support vessel for Fedor Konyukhov as he completed his solo rowing...
by Ocean Expeditions | Jun 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Reporter Allison Langdon, her 60 Minutes team and NOAA scientist Doug Krause were onboard ‘Australis’ for a thrilling late-season, scientific expedition to study leopard seals and climate change on the Antarctic Peninsula. Our go-to guy for this project was the big...
by Ocean Expeditions | Dec 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
Wow! We have just celebrated our 100th trip in the month of December 2014 and what a great way to finish the year! It’s hard to believe we have reached such a milestone, doing what we love in such remarkable parts of the world. Looking back at all the trips...
by Ocean Expeditions | Oct 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
‘Australis’ was the chosen support vessel for the successful 2013 Shackleton ‘Epic’ re-enactment, lead by Tim Jarvis, from Elephant Island to South Georgia via small boat journey and then the land based traverse from King Haarkon Bay to...