Video: Ice captives of Antarctica: photo reportage about life on board Akademik Shokalsky
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-10 02:10
On the fate of the "ice captives", 74 passengers of the Russian research ship "Akademik Shokalsky"worried all over the world. Icebreakers from France, China, Australia were involved in the rescue operation. Now, when all the passengers are rescued, and the ship has safely arrived at the New Zealand port, we publish on the Culturology. RF website photo essay by Dr. Andrew Peacock … The pictures capture scenes from everyday "Antarctic" life.
Recall that the ship set out on a cruise from New Zealand and on December 24 (on the eve of Catholic Christmas) was captured by ice. In addition to the crew, there were scientists and tourists on board. The whole team did not lose heart, we celebrated both Christmas and New Year among the glaciers. As you can see from the photographs, the "captives" were by no means cut off from civilization, many of them did not part with their laptops, keeping in touch with the world through social media. In the pictures we can see not only the everyday "cabin" life, but also the endless snow-white expanses of Antarctica, and, of course, the "locals" - funny penguins.
The Chinese icebreaker "Snow Dragon" went to the aid of the Russians, however, and his team expected the same fate as our compatriots - he also did not overcome the three-meter ice. As a result, the passengers of the Akademik Shokalsky were evacuated by helicopter on January 2 on board the Australian icebreaker Orora Ostreilis. And on January 7, the Russian ship began to leave the ice trap on its own after the weather conditions changed.
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