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Chinese helicopter lifts passengers on trapped Russian ship to safety (3/10)

2014-01-03 09:04 Xinhua Web Editor:Wang YuXia
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Xu Ting (left, front), deputy leader of China's 30th Antarctic Expedition, contacts with Chinese icebreaker Xuelong aboard the trapped Russian vessel MV Akademik Shokalskiy, Jan. 2, 2014. Passengers aboard Akademik Shokalskiy were successfully transferred by Chinese helicopter to ice surface near Australian rescue ship Aurora Australis on Thursday after the Russian vessel got stuck in sea ice off the Antarctic. (Xinhua/Zhang Jiansong)

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