Undated handout picture shows a general view from the Australian research ship Aurora Australis as it travels near the Antarctica. Scientists aboard the Aurora Australis set off from the southern Australian city Hobart, in Tasmania on March 22, 2008, on a voyage to Antarctica on Saturday to see if the icesheets at the edge of the vast continent are melting faster and whether the Southern Ocean is soaking up less climate-warming carbon dioxide. [Agencies]