Weather, Ice Conditions Delay Chinese Ship On Way to Rescue Vessel Trapped in Antarctic Ice
74 passengers and crew on board
A Chinese icebreaker heading to free a polar expedition vessel trapped in an Antarctic ice floe got stopped by the ice and weather, its captain told CNN.
The Chinese government ship Xue Long, or Snow Dragon, was 6 nautical miles away from the stranded Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy, Capt. Wang Jiangzhong said.