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Will Akademik Shokalskiy cruise ship be unstuck for ice by Jan st 2014?

Will Akademik Shokalskiy cruise ship be unstuck for ice by Jan st 2014?

Asked by: Super UserKentoine Johnson in General » Other
Settled on 01/03/2014 01:45 Settled by Super UserKentoine Johnson
Winning option:No ship still stuck as of settlement date

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Fifty-seven people spent Christmas aboard a cruise ship that has become stuck in the ice in a remote region off the coast of Antarctica and rescue vessels are at least two days away, Australian maritime officials told ABC News.

The Russian-operated Akademik Shokalskiy, an ice-strengthened vessel built in 1984 for oceanographic research, became stuck in the ice about 1,500 nautical miles from Hobart, Tasmania, and issued a satellite distress call early this morning, Andrea Hayward-Maher of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said.

Passengers are believed to have enough provisions to wait out their rescue. One passenger tweeted that all on board were fine and their "spirits high."

Of the 57 souls on board, 22 are crewmen and 35 are passengers. The ship cruised to the site of a 1911-1914 expedition of British explorer Sir Douglas Mawson, according to Expeditions Online, a travel agency that sells tickets for the cruise.

http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/cruise-ship-spends-christmas-stuck-ice-off-antarctica-161901748--abc-news-topstories.html

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   Super UserKentoine Johnson

Only at the South Pole: Icebreaker also stuck -- in ice -- heading for stranded ship http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/27/world/antarctica-ship-stuck/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

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