Ywam Liberty
{{short description|French icebreaking research vessel}}
{{Other ships|French ship Astrolabe}}
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YWAM Liberty is the former L{{'}}Astrolabe, a French icebreaking research vessel which was used to supply the Dumont d'Urville research station in Antarctica.
{{cite news
|url=http://www.institut-polaire.fr/ipev/infrastructures_et_moyens/l_astrolabe
|title=Infrastructures et moyens: L'Astrolabe
|publisher=French Polar Institute
|access-date=2008-04-21
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118185046/http://www.institut-polaire.fr/ipev/infrastructures_et_moyens/l_astrolabe
|archive-date=2007-11-18
|url-status=dead
}}
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{{cite news
| url=http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2005/MAIR/pdf/mair209_001.pdf
| title=Independent investigation into the man overboard fatality and subsequent lifeboat accident on board the French registered Antarctic support vessel L'Astrolabe in the Southern Ocean 27 January 2005
| publisher=Australian Transport Safety Board
| access-date=2008-04-21
{{cite news
|url = http://www.scar.org/publications/reports/16/appendix7/wilkesland.html
|title = SCAR Report No 16: Appendix 7
|publisher = Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
|access-date = 2008-04-21
|quote = Potential cooperative studies can be established between the Australia, France. Ice breaker Astrolabe supplies yearly the Dumont D'Urville base which can do some geophysical work in the way back and the Marion D'Ufre, not an icebreaker has multibeam, side scan sonar and a long-45 m- piston coring system), Italy and the US.
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040911193158/http://www.scar.org/publications/reports/16/appendix7/wilkesland.html
|archive-date = 2004-09-11
{{cite news
| url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/18/2165601.htm
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608223002/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/18/2165601.htm
| url-status=dead
| archive-date=June 8, 2008
| title=Research shows Southern Ocean wind currents weakening
| publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| date=February 18, 2008
| access-date=2008-04-21
| quote=Volunteers and crew on the French research vessel, L'Astoblobe have been measuring temperature and salinity during regular trips between Hobart and the French research base in Antarctica, over the past 15 years.
{{cite news
|url = http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jacara/diaries2003/diaries2003.html
|title = Antarctic Astronomy Diaries 2002/03
|publisher = University of New South Wales
|access-date = 2008-04-21
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080708211958/http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jacara/diaries2003/diaries2003.html
|archive-date = 2008-07-08
}}
{{cite news
| url=http://www.coastalwatch.com/news/article.aspx?articleId=3191&cateId=36&display=0&title=Antarctic%20route%20highlights%20new%20ocean-climate%20links
| title=The wind, climate change and the Southern oceans
| publisher=Coastal Watch
| access-date=2008-04-21
| quote=Called SURVOSTRAL (Surveillance of the Ocean Austral), the joint Australian-French-US program has produced a 15-year dataset based on readings taken by the volunteers and crew of the 65-metre French ship, L'Astrolabe, on regular voyages between Hobart and the French base at Dumont D'Urville.
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The vessel made regular voyages between Hobart and the Dumont D'Urville research station for fifteen years and was replaced by a new icebreaker bearing the same name in 2017.[http://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/la-construction-de-lastrolabe-debute La construction de l'Astrolabe a débuté]. Mer et Marine, 6 January 2016. {{retrieved|access-date=2016-02-07}}
History
=1992 Northeast Passage=
The vessel has also traversed the Northeast passage.
{{cite news
| url=http://earth.esa.int/workshops/ers97/papers/sandven2/
| title=ICEWATCH - REAL-TIME SEA ICE MONITORING OF THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE USING SATELLITE RADAR TECHNOLOGY
| publisher=European Space Agency
| access-date=2008-04-21
| quote=The Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center in Bergen, Norway first demonstrated use of ERS-1 SAR data for near real-time ice mapping in the NSR in August 1991, only a few weeks after the launch of the ERS-1 satellite. SAR derived sea ice maps were then sent by telefax to the French polar vessel L'Astrolabe during her voyage through the Northeast Passage from Norway to Japan (Johannessen et al., 1992). This was the first civilian expedition through the NSR since the Russian revolution. This demonstration was evaluated as very interesting by the captains and sea ice experts onboard the Russian icebreakers which escorted L'Astrolabe through the ice-covered parts of the route.
}}
The European Space Agency reports a 1992 traverse "was the first civilian expedition through the NSR since the Russian revolution." L{{'}}Astrolabe was escorted on her transit by Russian icebreakers.
=2013 Antarctic Ocean rescue mission=
L{{'}}Astrolabe attempted to reach Akademik Shokalskiy, trapped by an outbreak of old glacial ice in the Antarctic Ocean. L{{'}}Astrolabe didn't match Chinese research vessel {{ship||Xue Long}}{{'}}s {{convert|6|nmi}} from the trapped Russian ship, but got closer than the Australian Aurora Australis' {{convert|10|nmi}}. Withdrawing after encountering heavy ice, she subsequently supported further attempts by Xuě Lóng and Aurora Australis to reach Akademik Shokalskiy and rescue her passengers.{{cite news |title= American Morning |date= 2013-12-30 |publisher= CNN TV }}
= 2018 Deployment to Bougainville PNG as a Medical Ship =
From July 2018 YWAM Liberty spent six months in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea providing primary health, dental, optometry and ophthalmic care. The ship is administered by YWAM Ships Kona, from Kailua-Kona in Hawaii.{{Cite web|url=https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2018/06/19/features/ywam-ships-kona-sets-off-to-aid-villagers-in-papua-new-guinea/|title=YWAM Ships Kona sets off to aid villagers in Papua New Guinea |date=2018-06-19|website=West Hawaii Today|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09}}
Incidents
=2005 man overboard incident=
On January 27, 2005, a crew member was found to have gone overboard.
The missing crew member's body was found.
During the recovery of his body the second engineer's hand was seriously injured, and he was at risk of losing his thumb.
A report by the Australian Transport Safety Board concluded his injury would have been avoided if the block he was using to recover the ship's boat had been equipped with hand holds. The report noted that the deceased crew member was found with a high blood alcohol level. He had been seen to be depressed, prior to his death, and the report concluded he had jumped or fallen overboard under the influence of alcohol.
=2010 Antarctica helicopter crash=
On October 28, 2010, a Eurocopter AS350 helicopter which operated between the ship and the Dumont d'Urville Station crashed in bad weather en route to the station. All 4 on board were killed.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/antarctic-chopper-crash-kills-four/story-e6frf7jo-1225945567073|title=Antarctic chopper crash kills four|date=30 October 2010|publisher=Herald Sun |access-date=30 October 2010}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.institut-polaire.fr/ French Polar Institute]
- [http://www.shiprepair.com.au/ Shiprepair.com]
- [http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/ University of New South Wales]