Issue 53 celebrates the arrival of Summer by looking briefly at ninety years of overseas cruise ship visits to Hobart; on the other side of the world we present reminiscences of an unusual voyage to Greenland in the summer of 1950;details of RSV Aurora Australis' summer schedule (or as planned, before she got blown ashore); the Australian Maritime College's new Ice Breaker simulator; an introduction to CSIRO's RV Investigator; summer conservation work on Goose Island uncovers archeological remains dating back to nineteenth century lightkeepers; Tas Maritime Radio.