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The RV ''Araon'' is a large icebreaker operated by the Government of South Korea.〔 〕 The vessel was commissioned in 2009. She supplies the King Sejong Station, and the Jang Bogo Station, South Korea's second Antarctic research station. She underwent her sea trials in January 2010, in the Ross Sea.〔 〕〔 〕 Her first foreign port of call was Lyttelton, New Zealand.〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕 The first location her crew investigated, for a South Korean Antarctic base, in the Cape Burks area, was not deemed suitable, and she then investigated the selected site in Terra Nova Bay.〔〔 Her class notation is ''KRS1-Special purpose ship (Research vessel) PL10, DAT (-30 deg. C), HMS1, KRM1-UMA3, DPS2, NBS2''.〔 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「RV Araon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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