Decommissionment and Revival
The Icebird remained on charter to ANARE until 1994, when it was decided that Australia's Antarctic program should revert back to a one ship option as a cost-cutting measure, one which aroused considerable concern within the ANARE community.
Only two years later, during the 1995-96 season, the Aurora Australis was temporarily out of service, and a replacement ship was hired - the Icebird. Reborn under the new name of Polar Bird, and now with Norwegian owners, the Polar Bird has been chartered several years since by ANARE.
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