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Initially entered 30th of December 2013 at 12:19pm E.S.T.: Ship stranded '100 nautical miles east of French Antarctic station...

Posted by HCN on Friday, May 9, 2014
Initially entered 30th of December 2013 at 12:19pm E.S.T.:

Ship stranded '100 nautical miles east of French Antarctic station Dumont D'Urville. The 74 people aboard include scientists and tourists, many of them Australian, and 22 Russian crew', and been stranded there since December 24th, making it about 7 days, tough and heavy blizzard weather obstructing rescue efforts. 

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/30/us-antarctica-ship-idUSBRE9BP0FK20131230

In a situation like this, successful rescue efforts often have been with the help of helicopters.

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