SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s icebreaker is on its way to the southeastern port of Busan after completing a 195-day international exploration mission in the Antarctic Ocean, the oceans ministry said Monday. The Araon, South Korea’s first ice breaking vessel, kicked off its mission to the South Pole on Oct. 20 last [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean icebreaker and research vessel Araon began its 139-day journey to Antarctica carrying researchers from the King Sejong Station. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced that a total of 84 people including 35 researchers from the overwinter party boarded the Araon as it departed the southern [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Araon, South Korea’s only icebreaking vessel, has helped evacuate 24 isolated Chinese researchers in the Antarctic region, the country’s ocean ministry said Thursday. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said the icebreaker gave assistance to researchers on Inexpressible Island near South Korea’s Jang Bogo Antarctic Research Station in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s icebreaker embarked on its ninth Antarctic expedition Thursday to explore the marine ecosystem and study how climate change is affecting the planet. The Araon departed from the western port of Incheon for its journey that will last 227 days, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said. The [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Polar Research Institute announced on August 21 that it had discovered hydrothermal vents on the Antarctic Ridge for the first time in the world, and collected new species while exploring the region through the icebreaker Araon. Hydrothermal vents in the oceanic ridge provide energy to the deep sea, where [...]