Three icebreakers are sailing to the rescue. The Russian-operated Akademik Shokalskiy, an ice-strengthened vessel built in 1984 for oceanographic research, became stuck in the ice about 1,500 ...
A helicopter from the ”Snow Dragon“ carried the 52 scientists and tourists in small groups from the ice-bound ”Akademik Shokalskiy“ to the Australian supply ship late on Thursday.
The inside story of how a polar expedition went terribly wrong, leaving dozens of tourists and scientists trapped in the ice. From the bridge of the Akademik Shokalskiy, it was hard to notice the ...