Lyttelton NZ on February 17. In the front can be seen the icebreaker RV ARAON a large icebreaker operated by the Government of South Korea The vessel was commissioned in 2009. She supplies the King Sejong Station, and the Jang Bogo Station, South Korea’s second Antarctic research station.
Photo: Nick Tolerton
RV Araon, blt 2009 is already too old and too “weak”. She will be replaced with a larger and more powerful icebreaker: