Japan_2021_V01

No port call of SHIRASE Departure Date: Nov 20, 2020 @ Yokosuka, Japan Arrival Date: Dec 16, 2020 @ ice edge of Lutzow-Holmbukta, Kronprins Olav Kyst Areas of Operation: Syowa Station and Lutzow-Holmbukta, Kronprins Olav Kyst Departure Date: Jan 20, 2021 @ ice edge of Lutzow-Holmbukta, Kronprins Olav Kyst Arrival Date: Feb 22, 2021 @ Japan

If the border of Australia opens to over-sea travellers. Departure Date: Nov 20, 2020 @ Yokosuka, Japan Arrival Date: Dec 16, 2020 @ ice edge of Lutzow-Holmbukta, Kronprins Olav Kyst Areas of Operation: Syowa Station and Lutzow-Holmbukta, Kronprins Olav Kyst Departure Date: Jan 30, 2021 @ ice edge of Lutzow-Holmbukta, Kronprins Olav Kyst Port call: Feb 18 - 21, 2021 @ Fremantle, Australia JARE-61 over-wintering team and some of JARE-62 summer team will disembark and fly back to Japan. Some of JARE-62 summer team will be on board. Areas of Operation: Southern Ocean (Southward along E110 -> Totten Glacier -> Northward along E150) Arrival Date: Mar 24, 2021 @ Sydney (Australia) The rest of JARE-62 summer team will disembark and fly back to Japan

Expedition information provided through the COMNAP Regional Information Exchange. For the 2020/21 Antarctic season, due to the global COVID pandemic, plans are tentative and highly subject to change without notice and the majority of the programmes are significantly reducing activity In the Antarctic region this season.