Chinese rescue icebreaker stuck in Antarctic ice

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by Al Jazeera English

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The icebreaker Xuelong successfully evacuated 52 passengers on Thursday from the trapped Russian vessel MV Akademik Shokalskiy.
However, severe weather conditions trapped Xuelong itself and the team when they were about to continue the expedition after the rescue mission.


Al Jazeera's Dominic Kane reports.