GCaptain is reporting that Australia’s 3911 ton, 94.9 meter multi-purpose icebreaker/supply ship, Aurora Australis, broke free of its moorings and grounded while on a supply mission to Mawson Station.
GCaptain is reporting that Australia’s 3911 ton, 94.9 meter multi-purpose icebreaker/supply ship, Aurora Australis, broke free of its moorings and grounded while on a supply mission to Mawson Station.
Aurora Australis has been successfully refloated:
http://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2016/aurora-australis-successfully-refloated
Looks like the structural damage was limited to a ballast water tank that was already full.