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Rescue effort under way for scientists trapped in Antarctica
Johannesburg, June 14: `A South African ship will sail to the Antarctic in a bid to rescue 108 scientists and crew, including Indians, aboard a German vessel trapped in pack ice,` a Defence forces spokesman said today.
Johannesburg, June 14: “A South African ship will
sail to the Antarctic in a bid to rescue 108 scientists and
crew, including Indians, aboard a German vessel trapped in
pack ice,” a Defence forces spokesman said today.
Colonel Piet Paxton told a news agency, “The oceanographic research
vessel Agulhas would leave from Cape Town on Sunday.”
“A German cargo ship, chartered by a Russian research company, has got stuck in pack ice in the vicinity of the South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE),” Paxton said. Its crew includes Russians, Germans, Filipinos, Moldavians and Indians.
It was not clear how long the vessel had been trapped, but Paxton said, “Those aboard were not in danger.”
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“A German cargo ship, chartered by a Russian research company, has got stuck in pack ice in the vicinity of the South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE),” Paxton said. Its crew includes Russians, Germans, Filipinos, Moldavians and Indians.
It was not clear how long the vessel had been trapped, but Paxton said, “Those aboard were not in danger.”
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