“Throw the drinks on ice, we’re on our way … and certainly in a lot more comfort and a lot quicker than Abel Tasman did in 1642.”

Said Vic Doust, the man in charge of getting Australia’s new Antarctic icebreaker, the Nuyina, from the Netherlands to Hobart. She’s a $1.9 billion investment for the next 30 years, but there’s not an onboard spa or infinity pool in sight…