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

Gigantic submarine landslide offshore western Tasmania

Risk mitigation for shelf-derived tsunami in Australia

Antarctic Bottom Water production in the past: Records from marine sediments, East Antarctica

Understanding past changes in Antarctic Bottom Water production to help predict how a warming climate will impact future ocean circulation.

Valuing Australia’s Gascoyne Marine Park

Surveying seabed habitats and biodiversity in the Gascoyne Marine Park.

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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.