Aurora effect is known as the aurora borealis or the northern lights. The former term was coined by Galileo in 1619, from the Roman goddess of the dawn and the Greek name for the north wind. The southern counterpart, the aurora australis or the southern lights, has features almost identical to the aurora borealis and changes simultaneously with changes in the northern auroral zone. The Aurora Australis is visible from high southern latitudes in Antarctica, Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, and Australia. A geomagnetic storm causes the auroral ovals (north and south) to expand, and bring the aurora to lower latitudes. The
Aurora Borealis (icebreaker) being the inner Arctic Ocean. The planning for the vessel started in 2002. The project is coordinated by the European Polar Board, an expert board of the European Science Foundation. In March 2007 the BMBF (the German Federal Ministry for Science and Education) funded the preparations for "Aurora Borealis", the Helmholtz Association center Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research hosted this project. In 2010, the German Council of Science and Humanities stopped to support the planning which made the future of the 800-million-euro ship, designed by Schiffko (nowadays Wärtsilä Ship Design), uncertain. The project has been delayed, and