Patrol ship HMCS Margaret Brooke makes first ever Canadian Navy trip to Antarctica

The Canadian Navy's first Antarctic voyage began in Halifax on January 10. The Arctic patrol ship HMCS Margaret Brooke made its first stories The Canadian Navy has set sail for Antarctica.

This was reported by the American magazine The Maritime Executive.

The ship will carry scientists from Canada's National Research Council. They intend to conduct research in the field of oceanography and ocean floor geology.

During the expedition, Margaret Brook will also visit several polar stations in Antarctica. On the way to the southernmost continent, meetings with representatives of the navies of South American states are planned. It is expected that the ship will make a stop in the Chilean port of Punta Arenas, where it will take Canadian scientists on board.

After visiting Antarctica and conducting the planned research, HMCS Margaret Brooke will return to her homeland, passing the Pacific coast of South America and then through the Panama Canal. The end of the expedition and the return of the ship is scheduled for May.

If the mission is successful, it will mark the first combat deployment of a Canadian Navy ship to Antarctica.

HMCS Margaret Brooke is the second in a series of Harry DeWolf-class Arctic and coastal patrol vessels of the Royal Canadian Navy. Following completion and sea trials, she was handed over to the fleet in July 2021, and was officially put into operation in October 2022.

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[tralflot1832]

On November 2, 2024, the 70th "Jubilee Russian Antarctic Expedition" was launched, which will last until mid-2026. More than 500 polar personnel will take part in it, including seasonal and wintering staff of scientists, builders, crews of sea and air vessels. Two research vessels "Akademik Treshnikov" and "Akademik Fedorov" will be used to carry out marine operations. About 20 flights of IL-76 will be carried out under the international aviation program "Dromlan."
And for fun, according to my data, there is a 50/50 chance that the Canadians will bring a medical commission from the TCC to the Ukrainian station "Akademik Vernadsky". We'll have to pretend to be droopy-assed Pyngvins.

[faiver]

Canadians will bring a medical commission from the TCC

- I wonder if there is somewhere to desert?

[solar]

Tourism is developed near Antarctica, with tens of thousands of tourists per year. Tourist ships often call at the station - it is conveniently located for this, and there is the southernmost bar in the world - the Faraday Bar. It was built by the British, and is included in the lists of the most unusual bars in the world. Quite a crowded place by Antarctica standards.
https://www.orangesmile.com/extreme/ru/fanciest-bars/faraday-bar.htm
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3852346/Ice-No-problem-Inside-world-s-southernmost-bar-Antarctica-BRAS-accepted-form-payment.html

[faiver]

hmm, how far is it from the Ukrainian station to that bar? tea Antarctica is not Easter Island

[solar]

It's right at the station, it's part of it. When the English built the station, there were materials left over, and the builders used these materials to build a small bar in the old English style. It attracts tourists, and there are quite a lot of tourist ships and yachts around Antarctica.
The top link is in Russian.

[faiver]

yeah, I saw it, freeloaders, got the station for one pound

[solar]

The English didn't need it, its upkeep costs money, they were looking for someone to give it to. They write that this pound is now mounted in the Faraday bar. It was precisely due to observations at the Faraday station that the ozone hole over Antarctica was discovered.
The station sees several thousand tourists a year who want to check in at the bar. It's a very crowded place.

[Dedok]

We'll have to pretend to be droopy-assed Penguins.

rather royal - the sagging ones will be grabbed right away...

[BAI]

They'll come back and Canada will be gone.

[nordscout]

I understand that the Arctic patrol ship HMCS "Margaret Brooke" has already approached Russia with a request for icebreaker support for its Arctic voyage...

[tralflot1832]

There are Arctic or Antarctic flights. It is easy to determine by the penguins and polar bears.

[tralflot1832]

But in 1972, the Cubans had a problem with this. The stamp did not become a rarity.

[AC130 Gunship]

Has Canada finally begun to revive its navy? This has been talked about for the last 30 years, while they were extending the service life of ships built in the 70s