Australian ship makes emergency return to Antarctic station

The icebreaker ‘Aurora Australis’ was forced to return to Antarctica on Thursday, to evacuate a seriously ill Australian expedition member, just two days after leaving him on Davis Station to spend the winter in Antarctica. The Australian icebreaker will take almost two days to cover the 400 nautical miles back to Davis Station, because of sea ice conditions. “The current weather forecast for the next 40 hours is poor, so the ship will attempt to get as close to the station as possible,” the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) said in a statement. Once he is aboard the ‘Aurora Australis’, the ship will take 12 to 14 days to cover the 4,800 nautical miles to the city of Hobart on Australia’s southern island state of Tasmania.

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