Denman Marine Voyage: long-term vision now a reality Accessing the vast and remote Denman Glacier system in Australian territory in East Antarctica by ocean is a monumental task, and after many years of planning and collaboration it’s now a reality. The Denman Marine Voyage (DMV) – the maiden marine science voyage of RSV Nuyina – […]
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Hey Sir Mawson, it’s Lady Denman’s glacier, right? By Katharina Hochmuth How and why, we name geographical landmarks is and has always been an important part of scientific expeditions. During the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14), Sir Douglas Mawson and his crew mapped and named large parts of the East Antarctic coastline. Nowadays, international bodies like
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World Day for Glaciers – a poem A little poem written by Christina Schmidt to celebrate today’s World Day for Glaciers and World Poetry Day – Friday 21 March, 2025: – I have now seen the Denman Glacier with my own eyes under stunning blue and mystical grey skies. I am still speechless by its
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Mysteries of colourful icebergs By Kaihe Yamazaki Antarctica’s icebergs are famous for their brilliant whites and blues from glacier ice (compacted snow turns blue as air bubbles are expelled), but a few stand out in startling colours like green, brown, black and even marbled, as we just witnessed at the Denman Glacier ice front a
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Into the ice By Claire Yung During the first few weeks of the Denman Marine Voyage, we have seen sea ice in a variety of shapes and forms. Many of us stood at the windows of the observation lounge to see the RSV Nuyina first glide from the open ocean into a thick covering of
Denman Glacier, how deep is your continental shelf? By Katharina Hochmuth The Denman Marine Voyage is not only the first dedicated marine science voyage on our new home the RSV Nuyina, but we are also sailing to places where few ships have been in the past. Our main research area, the Denman Glacier, has been
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Revealed in a rock dredge By Jo Whittaker Anticipation was high as the first dredge of the Denman Marine Voyage was deployed to a water depth of 2700 metres on the steep eastern slope of the Eastern Bruce Rise. Waiting for a dredge to come up is always exciting as we never know if there will be
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Voyage of discovery in modern times By Craig Johnson It’s -22 °C chill factor outside, the water is -1.75 °C, and for the last half-hour the ship has been manoeuvring to avoid ice bergs. I’m cosy in shirt sleeves, sitting in a comfortable chair in the science operations room, and with my two colleagues am
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DMV for kids The Denman Glacier Marine Research Expedition: Exploring Ice, Ocean, and Life in Antarctica By Professor Delphine Lannuzel, ACEAS Science Coordinator Just over the halfway mark of the Denman Marine Voyage, ACEAS presents an update for kids! What have our scientists been up to? Read on to find out. The Denman Glacier in
Sediment coring: examining an ancient ‘layer cake’ By Dr Taryn Noble Deep-sea sediment cores have been collected during the Denman Marine Voyage, a first for the RSV Nuyina. These sediments contain a rich record of Antarctic climate change going back hundreds to thousands of years in the past. We are very selective about where we
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