#RV Investigator

Voyage schedules published for 2022-23 and 2023-24

The complete voyage schedules for 2022-23 and 2023-24 have now been published to the MNF website. Release of these schedules […]

Supplementary Application call open for 2023-24 schedule

Supplementary Applications are now invited to fill available capacity in the 2023‑24 Granted Voyage schedule on research vessel (RV) Investigator. Seven […]

We’ve discovered an undersea volcano near Christmas Island that looks like the Eye of Sauron

The Conversation, Other, 22/07/2021, Tim O'Hara Looking like the Eye of Sauron from the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, an […]

What a ‘towering string of instruments’ on the ocean floor is telling scientists about our climate

ABC Online, Other, 04/06/2021 For more than three weeks, the CSIRO's leading ocean research vessel RV Investigator has trawled the […]

Applications for sea time are now open!

Open: 15 February 2021 Close: 30 June 2021 The Marine National Facility (MNF) invites Australian researchers and their international collaborators […]

Australia sends groundbreaking new technology to Antarctica as krill fishers eye expansion

ABC Online, Other, 29/01/2021, Patrick Wood Australian scientists will today embark on a voyage into the ice for a mission […]

Research vessel Investigator completes six-week science voyage in Southern Ocean

Baird Maritime, Other, 15/01/2021 Australian researchers have returned from a six-week marine science voyage investigating the critical role of ocean […]

Robot fleet dives for climate answers in ‘marine snow’

terradaily.com, Other, 13/12/2020 A fleet of new-generation, deep-diving ocean robots will be deployed in the Southern Ocean, in a major […]