Japanese icebreaker Shirase is anchored at Fremantle, Australia, Nov. 22, 2013. The Chinese research vessel and icebreaker Xuelong (Snow Dragon) met with the Japanese vessel at the same port in ...

Japanese icebreaker Shirase routinely visits Fremantle, West Australia on the way from Japan to the Antarctica and Sydney on the way from the Antarctica to Japan. Shinya Nishiyama, a Japan ...

Lieutenant Nobu Shirase. Credit: Australian Museum Before leaving Sydney in November 1911, Shirase gave Edgeworth David his samurai sword.This was an unheard of act for a Japanese officer to gift ...