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Antarctic rescue: all 52 ship passengers airlifted safety
2014-01-03 01:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: All 52 passengers, including tourists, scientists and journalists, on board a ship trapped in Antarctica have been rescued, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Amsa) has confirmed. The Akademik Shokalskiy became stuck in the ice on Christmas Eve and two icebreakers, the Aurora Australis and Chinese vessel Xue Long, have been trying in vain to reach it. On Thursday afternoon a helicopter sent from the Xue Long landed next to the ship and began evacuating passengers, dropping them on sea...
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