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indica is on the front page of CNN
    #19341691 - 12/29/13 01:59 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Currently the largest arcticle on the front page of cnn.com.

Apparently indica is out on a trip to Antarctica at this very moment, and last year he sailed on the Aurora Australis, so there is reasonable cause to think it could be the ship he's on now.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/29/world/antarctica-ship-stuck/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
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(CNN) -- Seventy-four passengers trapped aboard expedition vessel in the Antarctic for nearly a week will have to wait even longer as weather hampers yet another rescue attempt.
Their latest hope, an Australian icebreaker ship Aurora Australis, is waiting 28 nautical miles away from the Russian-flagged Akademik Shokalskiy, according to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
"It's hard to tell if it makes it through," said Lisa Martin, a spokeswoman for AMSA. "There are snow showers in the area that are causing bad visibility; conditions are deteriorating."
Visibility was only about 198 meters (650 feet), not enough to assess whether the ice breaker can cut through.
"It's a wait-and-see operation. It's a very complex situation," Martin said.
This attempt by the Aurora Australis follows one by the Chinese icebreaker Xue Long, or Snow Dragon, which was just six nautical miles away from the trapped vessel when it couldn't get any closer due to unusually thick ice.
The Snow Dragon went back to open water but remains in the area to provide support, said Andrea Hayward-Maher, spokeswoman for the AMSA. The Chinese ship has a helicopter on board that could assist in evacuation.
"We are waiting on the Aurora Australis to tell us if it can make its way through the ice. If it can't, then we will be shifting towards the helicopter, and obviously that is weather dependent," Martin said.
A French icebreaker was also en route to assist, but AMSA called off that vessel's mission Saturday after it became clear that ship wouldn't get farther than the Chinese boat. Also, the French and Chinese ships can break ice only about 1 meter (3.3 feet) thick, where as the Australian ship can pierce through floe about 1.35 meters (4.4 feet) thick.
"Some reports say that the ice is at least 2 meters (6.6 feet) deep. It's a possibility that the Aurora Australis might not be able to break through that type of ice," Hayward-Maher said.
Extreme conditions
The rescue icebreakers were battling the planet's coldest environment while trying to reach the Akademik Shokalskiy ship, whose 74 researchers, crew and tourists remained in good condition despite being at a frozen standstill since Monday.
The ship is carrying scientists and passengers led by expedition leader Chris Tunrey, an Australian professor of climate change.
"The vessel is fine, it's safe and everyone on board is very well," Turney said. "Morale is really high."
The ship got stuck in the ice 15 days after setting out on the second leg of its research trip.
According to Turney, a professor at the University of New South Wales, the ship was surrounded by ice up to nearly 10 feet (3 meters) thick. It was about 100 nautical miles east of the French base Dumont D'Urville, about 1,500 nautical miles south of Hobart, Tasmania.
On Christmas morning, the ship sent a satellite distress signal after conditions failed to clear.
The crew had a "great Christmas" despite their situation, Turney told CNN. He said crew members have used the delay to get more work done.
"We've just kept the team busy," he said.
The expedition is trying to update scientific measurements taken by an Australian expedition led by Douglas Mawson that set out in 1911.
The expedition to gauge the effects of climate change on the region began November 27. The second and current leg of the trip started December 8 and was scheduled to conclude with a return to New Zealand on January 4.
Turney said the ship should still be back in New Zealand on time.




So, any word from him? I'm waiting to see how this pans out..


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Re: indica is on the front page of CNN [Re: Synthe]
    #19341709 - 12/29/13 02:02 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

ya theres already been a thread on this, we'll probably get to see pics


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