Breathtaking view of Southern Lights captured above the clouds
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A tour company best known for its Antarctic expeditions has begun to provide a new service offering flights to the “aurora zone” located close to the frozen continent.
Chimu Adventures has chartered Qantas Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft and crew, which leave from several Australian cities including Sydney and Melbourne and head south to the region between Macquarie Island and Antarctica. There, passengers get to witness the Southern Lights, otherwise known as the Aurora Australis - the battle between electrically charged particles from the sun and earth’s magnetic field playing out.
Breathtaking view of Southern Lights captured above the clouds
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Plans to replace Australia s much-loved but decades-old scientific base on Macquarie Island in the sub-Antarctic have been shelved, with a team of tradies en route to the island this week to begin renovating the site.
The base is usually home to around 20 scientists and researchers but is host to a range of occupational health and safety issues and environmental contamination.
The seven year project will see some buildings decommissioned and others refurbished.
Guest: Rob Bryson, General Manager of the Australian Antarctic Division
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