There’s good news from Antarctica, where two ships that had been stuck in ice — one of them for about two weeks — have managed to get to open waters.
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Singing, Stomping, Stranded Explorers Prep Antarctic Helipad
The news Tuesday morning from the stranded ship in the Antarctic is that it’s looking more and more as though icebreakers won’t be able to reach the MV Akademik Shokalskiy, so the passengers and some of the crew are preparing to be plucked off the ice by helicopter.