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Australian icebreaker Nuyina on maiden marine scientific voyage

Published 3 April 2025, 8:15 am
Longer than the distance from Sydney's coast to the Blue Mountains, the Denman Glacier in east Antarctica is the focus of the first-ever marine science voyage of Australia's icebreaker Nuyina. The glacier has retreated five kilometres in the past two decades making it one of the fastest-retreating glaciers in east Antarctica.
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