1/3/14, "New fears for Chinese icebreaker after Russian ship rescue in Antarctica," AFP, Voice of Russia
"The complicated rescue has prompted questions about the
cost of the mission and whether ships should be allowed into
Commonwealth Bay, where the Russian vessel became trapped.
AMSA
said the costs would broadly fall to the ships involved, and it would
attempt to hold a briefing with all those involved in the rescue, but
that any inquiry into the conduct of the Akademik Shokalskiy would have
to be addressed by Russian authorities.
"Lessons
learned from those processes may be fed into the International Maritime
Organisation, and the guidelines and rules it creates for polar
operations which is quite an active subject...at the moment," Young said.
AMSA has said the Shokalskiy, which still has 22 crew onboard, would attempt to free herself when circumstances permitted.
"It's not an entirely risk-free environment for the ships as the ice moves," said Young of the Shokalskiy and Xue Long earlier Friday.
"And
if the ice opens up and there's additional movement that creates its
own issues, but both ships are constructed for the situation that they
are in and the masters of both ships seem comfortable for the moment.""
(Voice of Russia, AFP)
Images:
Top, 1/2/14, Chinese helicopter saves the lives of global warming crew trapped in Antarctic ice, EPA photo via Voice of Russia, AFP
Second, 1/2/14, "Trapped: Chinese ice-breaker Xue Long sits in pack ice in Watt Bay, Antarctica. Photo: Colin Cosier"
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11/25/13, "$1.5 million Australian expedition to Antarctica," abc.net.au (Australian Broadcasting)
"Professor Chris Turney from the University of NSW is mounting the largest Australian science expeditions to the Antarctic with an 85-person team to try to answer questions about how climate change in the frozen continent might be already shifting weather patterns in Australia....
"Professor Chris Turney from the University of NSW is mounting the largest Australian science expeditions to the Antarctic with an 85-person team to try to answer questions about how climate change in the frozen continent might be already shifting weather patterns in Australia....
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1/2/14, "Antarctic rescue of Akademik Shokalskiy ship begins," BBC
"One of the aims is to track how quickly the Antarctic's sea ice is disappearing."... (This item second to last sentence in article).
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"One of the aims is to track how quickly the Antarctic's sea ice is disappearing."... (This item second to last sentence in article).
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1/2/14, Arrival of Chinese helicopter to rescue global warming crew trapped in Antarctic ice, BBC
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12/28/13, "MSM Glosses Over Irony of Global Warming Scientists Trapped in Antarctic Ice," NewsBusters, PJ Gladnick
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