In September 2025, Australia’s world class research science and Icebreaking ship RSV Nuyina will make the two-week voyage from its home port of Hobart to HIMI, where it will stay for 10 days.
Australian Antarctic Division will lead expeditioners and scientists working with the Australian Antarctic Program on two voyages to Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI)
Heard Island is a land of fire and ice, home to Australia’s only active volcano, with 12 major glaciers carving through the landscape and penguin and seal colonies dotting the coastline. With the nearby McDonald Islands, they are one of Australia’s most remote territories, located in the southern Indian Ocean, 4,000km south-west of the Australian mainland.
The campaign, using Australia’s icebreaker, RSV Nuyina, will be the Australian Antarctic Program‘s first visit to Heard Island in more than 20 years, and will check on the state of the islands’ unique flora and fauna.
Read more at: https://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2025/australian-antarctic-program-heads-to-heard-island-for-the-first-time-in-decades/
Thanks and credit to: Australian Antarctic Program
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It will be great if the Expedition can carry on some Ham radio operators and be active from both Heard (WAP AUS-Ø7) as well as Mc Donald islands .. this one in particular, could became a “New One”!