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             Helicopter Rescue Delayed for Stranded Antarctic Ship

   The latest attempt to rescue dozens of passengers stranded aboard a
   Russian research ship stuck in the Antarctic ice has been delayed.
   A helicopter had been expected Thursday to evacuate the passengers, 12
   at a time, from the Akademik Shokalskiy, which has been stuck for over
   a week.
   But Australian authorities said sea ice is preventing a barge from
   reaching one of the rescue vessels to where the passengers were to be
   dropped temporarily.
   Blizzard conditions hampered previous attempts to evacuate the
   passengers by helicopter. Icebreaker ships from China, Australia, and
   France have also failed to reach the Russian vessel.
   Seventy-four scientists, tourists and crew members are on board the
   Akademik Shokalskiy, which has weeks of supplies and is in no danger of
   sinking.
   Most of the 22-member Russian crew are expected to stay behind and wait
   for the ice to break up naturally.
   The Russian ship, which left New Zealand on November 28, was trying to
   recreate Australian explorer Douglas Mawson`s century-old voyage to
   Antarctica.
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