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Antarctic expedition: 'This wasn't a tourist trip. It was all about science and it was worth it'
2014-01-04 12:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The last 24 hours have been sobering. I am sitting in the comfort of a cabin on board the Australian icebreaker the Aurora Australis, one day after evacuating the Australasian Antarctic Expedition from our Russian-crewed vessel, the MV Akademik Shokalskiy. After sleepless nights thinking about keeping everyone safe, it is a relief to know everyone is on board the Aurora and well. In this little haven of civilisation surrounded by a chaotic jumble of white to the horizon, everyone is taking stock...
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