Update: Clitanic ‘Ship Of (Cold) Fools’ Rescued At Last: ‘An Icy Blast Of Scepticism Greets Climate Expedition’
'Rescuers in Antarctica have safely transferred all 52 passengers stranded on the ice-bound research vessel Akademik Shokalskiy. The Shokalskiy has been trapped since Christmas Eve. Its 22 crew are expected to remain on board to wait until the vessel becomes free. The ice-bound research vessel has been trapped since Christmas Eve. One of the aims is to track how quickly the Antarctic's sea ice is disappearing'