Voyages

RV Investigator enables multidisciplinary research anywhere across Australia’s vast marine estate and beyond. Explore past and upcoming voyages, and see future voyage schedules.

Looking for upcoming voyages? See our voyage schedule for 2022-23 and 2023-24 voyages, as well as completed voyage schedules.

Dive into our recent voyages

South-East Australian Marine Ecosystem Survey (SEA-MES)

Untangling the causes of change over 25 years in the south-east marine ecosystem.

International Nutrient Inter-comparison Voyage (INIV)

Ensuring best practice in global ocean nutrient analysis.

SOTS: automated moorings for climate and carbon cycle studies in the Southern Ocean

Maintaining the Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS) automated moorings for long-term monitoring of the Southern Ocean.

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Multi-voyage projects

Distribution and abundance of seabirds

Studying the distribution and abundance of seabirds and marine animals around the Australian continent.

Natural iron fertilisation of oceans

Studying the link between terrestrial dust and smoke from bushfires, and marine biogeochemistry of our surrounding oceans.

Microplastic in the ocean food chain

Investigating microplastics in ocean waters around Australia and their impact on micro-organisms.

Voyage spotlight: Krill, whales and poo power

This voyage, led by Professor Michael Double (Australian Antarctic Division) undertook world-first research to investigate the distribution and abundance of the largest animal on the planet, the Antarctic blue whale, and the availability of their prey, Antarctic krill.