1992 Northeast Passage The vessel has also traversed the
Northeast passage. The
European Space Agency reports a 1992 traverse "was the first civilian expedition through the NSR since the Russian revolution."
LAstrolabe was escorted on her transit by Russian icebreakers.
2013 Antarctic Ocean rescue mission LAstrolabe attempted to reach
Akademik Shokalskiy, trapped by an outbreak of old glacial ice in the Antarctic Ocean.
LAstrolabe didn't match Chinese research vessel s from the trapped Russian ship, but got closer than the Australian ''
Aurora Australis' . Withdrawing after encountering heavy ice, she subsequently supported further attempts by Xuě Lóng
and Aurora Australis
to reach Akademik Shokalskiy'' and rescue her passengers.
2018 Deployment to Bougainville PNG as a Medical Ship From July 2018
YWAM Liberty spent six months in
Bougainville,
Papua New Guinea providing
primary health,
dental,
optometry and
ophthalmic care. The ship is administered by
YWAM Ships Kona, from
Kailua-Kona in
Hawaii. ==Incidents==