SCIENCE CELEBRITY WELCOMES ICEBREAKER
BELOVED media personality and science commentator Dr Karl Kruszelnicki has shared his excitement over the arrival of RSV Nuyina on Tasmanian shores.
A clip on the Australian Antarctic Division website shows the popular
author sharing his message welcoming the arrival of the new icebreaker.
“Antarctica is the absolutely most awe-inspiring place, and so to get there you need awe-inspiring vessels,” he said.
“Its going to be fascinating to follow Nuyina’s research activities in
Antarctica and in the Southern Ocean and to learn more about the capabilities of the vessel itself.”
The $538m boat arrived at Hobart’s waterfront on Saturday after much anticipation, with the ship’s journey from the Netherlands delayed by two years during the pandemic.
Dr Kruszelnicki, more popularly known as Dr Karl, was happy to share the news Nuyina would “call Hobart its new home port”.
“So, welcome to Australia, Nuyina,” he said. “You rock.”
RSV Nuyina replaces the orange roughy icebreaker Aurora Australis, which became an iconic and sentimental fixture of Hobart’s waterfront over 30 years before its departure to Dubai last December.
Nuyina will remain in its port for the next two months while Serco undertakes works on the mammoth ship.
Voyages to Antarctica are expected to begin in December.