Aurora Australis was on a supply mission to Mawson Station when it broke its mooring ... to pick up 30 expeditioners at another Australian research base, Davis, who were heading back to Australia.

For the past seven-and-a-half hours, a C-17 Globemaster has been tracking south-west en route to Mawson Station. As the giant aircraft gets closer, its four engines reverberate loudly across the ...