Nobu Shirase left Japan in 1910, at a time when very few others did, and travelled south to eventually become the first non-European to explore Antarctica. Mick O'Hare tells his story ...

Earth Scott, Amundsen… and Nobu Shirase. Japan also had a heroic explorer dashing to the South Pole 100 years ago – and he did it on a shoestring ...

Due to shallow water, the Shirase must anchor 10 miles off shore and ferry the crew and supplies to the base via helicopter. Blizzard Balloon Launches Once they landed at Syowa, Doddi’s research got ...

Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel. In this episode, we trace the lives of the crew and scientists aboard the Japanese Icebreaker Shirase while deployed to Antarctica. Discover the techniques ...

The Japanese icebreaker Shirase is docked at Garden Island this weekend, 105 years after its namesake, Nobu Shirase and his crew, were forced to find refuge at Parsley Bay in Vaucluse after a ...

The Shirase Glacier is part of the Antarctic ice sheet — a vast, frozen reservoir that contains more than 60% of the world's freshwater, according to the United Nations University, ...

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 ...

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The Shirase could only travel several hundred meters in one hour when the ice was several meters thick. The ship had to anchor on Jan. 21 because of a snowstorm and low visibility.

The Japanese icebreaker ship Shirase near the tip of the Shirase Glacier during the 58th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition. (Photo by Kazuya Ono).

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 ...