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January 02, 2014

Antarctic rescue bid back on as Chinese helicopter flies in
Sydney, Australia (AFP) Jan 02, 2014
The helicopter from the Chinese icebreaker Xue Long has just arrived to check out the ice helipad that will be used to evacuate passengers from the ice bound Akademik Shokalskiy. Prof Chris Turney said via Twitter that "It's great to see them and hear about all the hard work the Australian Antarctic Division's icebreaker (the Aurora australis) has been doing on our behalf." According to Turney "the helicopter team seem happy and we just heard it is 100% certain the first of four AAE teams is off in the hour." ... read more

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