Tag: Akademik Shokalskiy

• Friday, February 26th 2016 - 07:19 UTC

  Australian icebreaker stranded in Antarctica next to Mawson Station

  

  Freezing winds are continuing to hamper the rescue of 68 people from an Australian icebreaker ship stranded in Antarctica. Aurora Australis was on a supply mission to Mawson Station when it broke its mooring and ran aground in Horseshoe Harbour on Wednesday.