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                       Icebound Ship Still Awaits Rescue

   Passengers on board a Russian research ship are still anxiously
   awaiting rescue, nearly a week after being trapped in Antarctic ice.
   The Chinese icebreaker Snow Bird sent to rescue the vessel came within
   11 kilometers of the stranded Russian ship on Saturday, but had to stop
   when thick ice blocked its progress.
   Rescue now depends on an Australian icebreaker that should arrive at
   the site later Sunday.
   If the Australian vessel fails to break through the 3-meter-thick ice,
   a helicopter on the Chinese ship could be used to evacuate the
   passengers on the trapped vessel.
   The Russian ship is carrying 74 people, including an Australian
   research expedition, tourists and crew members. The ship became frozen
   in an ice flow near the South Pole on Tuesday, but officials have said
   the vessel is not in danger of sinking.
   In a video posted on Twitter Saturday, members of the Australian
   research team said they could see the Snow Dragon on the horizon.
   The Russian ship, which left New Zealand on November 28, was trying to
   recreate Australian explorer Douglas Mawson`s century-old voyage to
   Antarctica.
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