Isolated in the albatross abyss

Updated April 18 2018 - 11:15pm, first published December 16 2012 - 3:00am

THE ICEBREAKER is called L'Astrolabe and is renowned for making people seasick. As the 2100-tonne ship approaches Macquarie Island, Canberra's Anna Lashko sits eating her meals in the fresh air of the helicopter deck, trying to keep the food down with the help of seasick medication and remembering her desire to break away from her office job.

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