US Coast Guard sending help forshipstrapped in Antarctic iceLos Angeles TimesZukunft said 52 scientists and tourists who had been trapped for a week aboard the Russian vessel, the Akademik Shokalskiy, had been airlifted to safety Thursday by helicopter from the second strandedship, the Chinese vessel Xue Long, or Snow Dragon.
US Coast Guard sending help forshipstrapped in Antarctic iceLos Angeles TimesZukunft said 52 scientists and tourists who had been trapped for a week aboard the Russian vessel, the Akademik Shokalskiy, had been airlifted to safety Thursday by helicopter from the second strandedship, the Chinese vessel Xue Long, or Snow Dragon.
