THE two massive icebergs blocking ship access to Mawson’s Huts in remote Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica have broken up allowing Chimu Adventures to run its first expedition to the destination in five years. The Akademik Shokalskiy will leave Constitution Dock in Hobart at 4pm this Sat 09 Jan. The 26-day journey...
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THE two massive icebergs
blocking ship access to Mawson’s
Huts in remote Commonwealth
Bay, Antarctica have broken up
allowing Chimu Adventures to
run its first expedition to the
destination in five years.
The Akademik Shokalskiy will
leave Constitution Dock in Hobart
at 4pm this Sat 09 Jan.
The 26-day journey will carry
54 passengers and will also
raise money for Mawson’s Huts
Foundation which has been
maintaining the timber structures
since 1997 at a total cost of more
than $8 million.
Chimu co-founder Chad Carey,
who will be joining the trip, said
it will be “so exciting to go back
after such a ling time”.
“As recently as last Feb, experts
were saying the icebergs could
stay jammed in the bay for a
decade or more but fortunately
those predictions have proved
incorrect and expedition ships are
now able to enter,” Carey said.
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